Ashes of Victory (Honor Harrington Series, Book 9)
by David Weber
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Author: David WeberEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2001-02-27
ISBN: 0671319779
Number of pages: 672
Publisher: Baen
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Book Review: Awful !!!
Summary: 1 Stars
This is without a doubt the worst book David Weber has ever written. I thought the previous books in the series were great, and luckily, the remaining books in the series are also good. But this one was a real stinker. The entire first 250 pages of the book is about lavishing Honor with praise and rewards. Each time, she is "so surprised", finds it embarassing, and claims she doesn't deserve it. This goes on for chapter after chapter - first on Grayson then on Manitcore. There is also chapter after chapter of "witty banter" between characters that is anything but witty. It is just silly and ponderous. If you are reading the entire series, there are enough important events in this book that you'll need to read it, but be prepared to either be bored to tears throught much of the book or be ready to skim through large sections of it.
Summary of Ashes of Victory (Honor Harrington Series, Book 9)
"Why in Christ's name can the woman never bring a ship back intact?" muses Hamish Alexander at the triumphant return of Honor Harrington in Ashes of Victory, the apparent resurrection of a woman he'd seen executed by the Peeps some two years earlier. Yep, she's back: minus a left arm and an eye, minus a few inches of hair, and more than a little banged up in the process, the indestructible, ever-resilient Honor is back from the dead--and she's got some 400,000 liberated POWs from Hades in tow for good measure.Picking up where Echoes of Honor left off, the ecstatic reunion that begins Ashes proves short-lived as Honor once again lives up to her nickname of "The Salamander," always ending up where the fire's hottest. In the longest book of this naval space-opera series, David Weber plunges his beloved heroine (now an admiral!) into a thick tangle of political plots, as she takes on a more mature, behind-the-scenes role than in previous books. But don't fret: there's still some good action as HH prevents an assassination attempt and Manticore and its allies test-drive their new weaponry. And quite a few characters get what's coming to them too, including a few who drop like picked-off Peeps. All in all, yet another worthy installment in the series--check out On Basilisk Station first if you're new to HH. --Paul Hughes
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