Trzeci tom cyklu o Honor Harrington. Dwa lata po bitwie o Yeltsin bohaterka obejmuje dow?dztwo kr??ownika HMS Nike, najs?ynniejszej jednostki w ca?ej Kr?lewskiej Marynarce. Okr?t ten zostaje wys?any do wa?nego strategicznie systemu Hancock. Tymczasem w?adze targanej wewn?trznymi problemami Ludowej Republiki Haven postanawiaj? pos?u?y? si? starym, sprawdzonym sposobem na zmniejszenie niezadowolenia spo?ecznego — prowokuj? wybuch lokalnego konfliktu zbrojnego, czyli ”kr?tkiej, zwyci?skiej wojenki”. Kolejny raz okazuje si? jednak, ?e nawet najdoskonalsze plany nie wytrzymuj? konfrontacji z rzeczywisto?ci?, zw?aszcza gdy mamy do czynienia z waleczn?, zakochan? i gotow? na wszystko kobiet?…
Akcja ksi??ki zaczyna si? w momencie, w kt?rym ko?czy si? Kr?tka, zwyci?ska wojenka. Jest kontynuacj? w?tk?w w niej rozpocz?tych, z nieco wi?kszym naciskiem po?o?onym na kwestie polityczne — wojna mi?dzy Gwiezdnym Kr?lestwem Manticore a Ludow? Republik? Haven sta?a si? w ko?cu rzeczywisto?ci? — oraz na osobiste sprawy Honor Harrington. Wracaj? znane i lubiane postacie z pierwszych tom?w. Jednak gdy Honor udaje si? na planet? Grayson, by sta? si? rzeczywistym patronem, daj? o sobie zna? tak?e starzy wrogowie. Nie do nich nale?y jednak ostatnie posuni?cie…
The Star Kingdom of Manticore and the Republic of Haven have been enemies for Honor Harrington's entire life, and she has paid a price for the victories she's achieved in that conflict. And now the unstoppable juggernaut of the mighty Solarian League is on a collision course with Manticore. The millions who have already died may have been only a foretaste of the billions of casualties just over the horizon, and Honor sees it coming.She's prepared to do anything, risk anything, to stop it, and she has a plan that may finally bring an end to the ...
Whom the gods would recruit, they first tick off...Our Hero: The unlikely Paladin, Bahzell Bahnakson of the Horse Stealer Hradani. He's no knight in shining armor. He's a hradani, a race known for their uncontrollable rages, bloodthirsty tendencies, and inability to maintain civilized conduct. None of the other Five Races of man like the hradani. Besides his ethnic burden, Bahzell has problems of his own to deal with: a violated hostage bond, a vengeful prince, a price on his head. He doesn't want to mess with anybody else's problems, let alone a god's. Let alone the War God's! So how does he end up a thousand leagues from home, neck-deep in political intrigue, assassins, demons, psionicists, evil sorcery, white sorcery, dark gods, good gods, bad poets, greedy landlords, and most of Bortalik Bay? Well, it's all the War God's fault....
VENGEANCE IS A DISH BEST SERVED HOT.Imperial Intelligence couldn't find them, the Imperial Fleet couldn't catch them, and local defenses couldn't stop them. It seemed the planet-wrecking pirates were invincible. But the pirates made a big mistake when they raided ex-commando leader Alicia DeVries' quiet home world, tortured and murdered her family, and then left her for dead.Since the Imperial forces seem hog-tied, Alicia decides to turn "pirate" herself, and steals a cutting-edge AI ship from the Empire to start her vendetta. Her fellow veterans think she's crazy, the Imperial Fleet has shoot-on-sight orders. And of course the pirates want her dead, too. But Alicia DeVries has two allies nobody knows about, allies as implacable as she is: a self-aware computer, and a creature from the mists of Old Earth's most ancient legends. And this trio of furies won't rest until vengeance is served.
Honor Harrington obejmuje dow?dztwo wiekowego kr??ownika HMS Fearless, uzbrojonego w eksperymentaln?, niezbyt skuteczn? bro?. Mimo to w czasie dorocznych manewr?w floty udaje si? jej zniszczy? flagow? jednostk? „Agresor?w”, za co zostaje oddelegowana do uk?adu planetarnego Basilisk, miejsca zsy?ki dla najgorszych oficer?w. To jednak dopiero pocz?tek k?opot?w. W uk?adzie tym kwitnie przemyt, tubylcy z jedynej z zamieszkanych planet za?ywaj? narkotyk wywo?uj?cy atak furii, a pobliska Ludowa Republika Haven knuje co? paskudnego. Harrington ma do dyspozycji tylko niesprawny kr??ownik i buntuj?c? si?, zdemoralizowan? za?og?, a prze?o?eni wymagaj? od niej zaprowadzenia porz?dku w ca?ym uk?adzie. Wszyscy przeciwnicy Harrington pope?nili jednak powa?ny b??d. Rozw?cieczyli j?…
Tocz?ca si? ponad osiem lat wojna mi?dzy Sojuszem Manticore a Ludow? Republika Haven wkracza w decyduj?c? faz?. Lady Honor Harrington „powraca z martwych”, z przyjaci??mi uznanymi za zaginionych lub tak?e martwych. I robi to w naprawd? wielkim stylu, podnosz?c tym nadw?tlone morale zar?wno za??g Kr?lewskiej Marynarki jak i obywateli Gwiezdnego Kr?lestwa. S? w?r?d nich tacy, kt?rzy wiedz? jak naprawd? wygl?da? zamach na legalny rz?d Republiki i kto go zorganizowa? i przeprowadzi?.
DEFEAT WAS NOT AN OPTION. The war wasn't going well. The mind-numbingly alien Arachnids were an enemy whose like no civilized race had ever confronted. Like some carnivorous cancer, the "Bugs" had overrun planet after planet . . . and they regarded any competing sentient species as only one more protein source. They couldn't be reasoned with, or even talked to, because no one had the least idea of how to communicate with a telepathic species with no recognizable language . . . and whose response to any communication attempt was a missile salvo. No one knew how large their civilization-if it could be called ...
Perfidious Plots, Courageous Resolve—and, of course, Starships Blown to Smithereens!The Solarian League Navy has been the premier navy of the galaxy for centuries. Indeed, no one can remember a time when it hasn't been acknowledged as the most powerful fleet in existence. Until now, that is.A conference to end the terrible war between the Peeps of Haven and the Manticorean Star Kingdom is slated. Peace is finally within reach. Yeah, right. Not with the slaver conspiracy that calls itself Manpower, Inc. pulling intergalactic strings. The plan? To plunge ...
The planet Grayson is strategically placed to make a very good ally for the Kingdom of Manticore and so Honor Harrington is sent to carry the flag. However, women on Grayson have no rights. Then Grayson is attacked by its sister planet.
The Star Kingdom of Manticore is once again at war with the Republic of Haven after a stunning sneak attack. The graduating class from Saganami Island, the Royal Manticoran Navy's academy, are going straight from the classroom to the blazing reality of all-out war.Except for the midshipmen assigned to the heavy cruiser HMS Hexapuma, that is. They're being assigned to the Talbott Cluster, an out of the way backwater, far from the battle front. The most they can look forward to is the capture of the occasional pirate cruiser and the boring duty of supporting the Cluster's peaceful ...
The families who rule the People's Republic of Haven need a short, victorious war to calm the Proles and defuse any threat of civil war. In their way stands a kingdom that has always backed down before... but Honor Harrington wasn't involved before.
This appendix sketches in some of the salient points of the galaxy into which Honor was born… and which she, willingly or not, was to play a major part in changing forever.
