War of Honor

Honor Harrington, Book 10

By: David Weber

Narrated by: Allyson Johnson

Length: 35 hrs and 58 mins

Publisher's summary

No one wanted another war.

Thomas Theisman didn't. Not after risking his life to overthrow the Committee of Public Safety's reign of terror and restore the Republic of Haven's ancient Constitution.

Baron High Ridge didn't. The Prime Minister of Manticore was perfectly happy with the war he had. No one was shooting anyone else at the moment, and his government could continue to milk all those "hostilities only" tax measures for their own partisan projects.

His Imperial Majesty Gustav didn't. Now that the fighting between the Star Kingdom and the Havenites had ended, the Andermani Emperor had his own plans for Silesia.

Protector Benjamin didn't. His people had made too deep a commitment to the Manticoran Alliance to risk seeing it all thrown away.

And Honor Harrington certainly didn't. The Salamander knew too much about how much war cost.

Unfortunately, what they wanted didn't matter....

A Note from Author David Weber
There's been some confusion—not to say, um, energetic debate, readers and fans being readers and fans—about the correct pronunciation of "Manticoran." The truth, alas, is that a stitch was dropped. An error occurred. A mistake was made… and it wasn't Audible's fault. It was mine. Before Audible recorded the very first Honor Harrington book, narrator Allyson Johnson and I not only corresponded by e-mail but actually spoke to one another by phone. She wanted to make absolutely certain she had the correct pronunciations for names, places, star nations, etc., and I tried to make certain all of her questions were answered. And so they were. Unfortunately, at some point in the process, I replied to one of her e-mails by telling her that "Man-ti-core-ahn" was pronounced "Man-tik-er-ahn." Exactly how this happened is more than I can say at this point, except to blushingly disclose that the original e-mail remains intact, confirming to all the world that it was, indeed, my fault. I can ascribe it only to a temporary mental hiccup on my part and crave your forgiveness. If, however, you must blame someone for the mix-up, that someone should be me and not Audible, who have done everything they could to get it right.

Listen to another Honor Harrington adventure.

©2003 David Weber (P)2009 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"With War of Honor coming in at over 800 pages, Weber has room to expand subplots and secondary characters and bring to the reader a feeling of depth and completeness seldom seen in science fiction novels. Favorite characters from past stories return, many of them growing in stature from unimportant secondary characters to major players in the 'Honorverse.' Weber serves up trouble in Silesia, the excitement of a new wormhole junction, scheming in Manticorian politics, strange events deep in Peep territory, and plenty of exploding spaceships - and, as publisher Jim Baen says, "We like exploding spaceships." (Amazon.com review)

this books helps make Honor more human

this book helps make Honor more human no just a warrier but she is still a great HERO

Trapped in the Honorverse and loving it!!!

What made the experience of listening to War of Honor the most enjoyable?

What can I say... I'm sold out to this story and it's many many books...
As in most of the books there is something to like or dislike for everyone. Space battles, politics, tech etc. Each book will have more or less of what you like, but most folks love this series overall.

What about Allyson Johnson’s performance did you like?

I at the point where Allyson's is the ONLY voice of my characters. Well done.

Beyond brilliant.

I don't know how David Weber does it but every book he writes just keeps surpassing it's self one after another. This story concentrated on the political side of life more than previous books in the series but it just opened up a different but equally complex story line than I have experienced so far. Absolutely loved it.

Intriguing

What was one of the most memorable moments of War of Honor?

The naval battles are an interesting study

Have you listened to any of Allyson Johnson’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

I listened Allyson Johnson’s other performances before in this series and others, this was good as always

War of Honor

I enjoyed this book. I found the politics fascinating and I wonder how many wars were restarted just because someone played games with the wording during treaty negotiations. The battle scenes were great and am glad Honor was back in action, this time in charge of a fleet. The interaction with the tree cats is interesting now that they can communicate via sign language. Allyson Johnson is Honor no other narrator would do. Can not wait to start the next book in the series.

Details and background are important!

Those who argue that this story is a bit tedious are missing the point. If one has the attention span of a dust mite maybe this is boring but I enjoy how those seemingly boring political and social details blossom into meaningful repercussions over the timespan of the story.
Yes, I will listen to this again if only for an even greater appreciation of the minutae that becomes momentous to later moments of clarity.

Honor is amazing

This is a great book, though knowledge of previous books is helpful this can be a standalone book if necessary.

Machination Upon Machination

While this book had Honor Harrington as the main character she isn't in most of the book. This book was mostly layer upon layer of politics and how exactly the breakdown in communication came at the negotiating table. Some characters I feel badly for and others I just hate more and more. While some of the book seemed to drag a bit and I admit that I took several breaks to listen to other books, it was actually really fascinating. This is not however one of my favorite books of the series. It felt more like the whole books was setting up the next book in which the war must actively resumes. I wouldn't recommend reading this book without reading the books that have come before, starting with On Basilisk Station. I do like Allyson Johnson as a narrator and I like how she tries to keep the accents consistent between people of the same star nation. I'll definitely be reading the next book in the series.

Politics might be required, but maybe a bit much

Would you listen to War of Honor again? Why?

It is an integral part of the entire series, and like a stock that is simmered for hours on bones and simple veg, I am sure it will provide a rich flavour for the rest of the series...

What was one of the most memorable moments of War of Honor?

Expansion of the tree cat role in the story.

Story was interesting, but dragged occasionally

I love this story. However, there were s few parts that got bogged down in the minutiae a bit. I still enjoyed it, though.