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Average rating4.3
"Book three in the nationally best-selling Manticore Ascendant series, a prequel series to David Weber's multiple New York Times best-selling Honor Harrington series. Sequel to A Call to Duty and A Call to Arms. After the disastrous attack on the Manticoran home system by forces unknown, the Royal Manticoran Navy stands on the brink of collapse. A shadowy enemy with the resources to hurl warships across hundreds of light years seeks to conquer the Star Kingdom for reasons unknown, while forces from within Manticore's own government seek to discredit and weaken the Navy for reasons very much known: their own political gain. It's up to officers like Travis Long and Lisa Donnelly to defend the Star Kingdom and the Royal Manticoran Navy from these threats, but the challenge is greater than any they have faced before. Weakened but not defeated, the mercenary forces and their mysterious employer could return at any time, and the anti-Navy faction within Parliament is growing. The situation becomes even more dire when fresh tragedy strikes the Star Kingdom. While the House of Winton faces their enemies at home, Travis, Lisa, and the other officers of the Royal Manticoran Navy must reunite with old friends and join new allies to hunt down and eliminate the forces arrayed against them in a galaxy-spanning conspiracy. Manticore has learned that the universe is not a safe place, but the Star Kingdom's enemies are about to learn it's dangerous to mess the Manticore!"--
"After the disastrous attack on the Manticoran home system by unknown forces, the Royal Manticoran Navy stands on the brink of collapse. A shadowy enemy seek to conquer the Star Kingdom from without while from within, forces from Manticore's own government seek to discredit and weaken the Navy for their own political gain. It's up to officers like Travis Long and Lisa Donnelly to defend the Star Kingdom but the challenge is greater than any they have faced before"--
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I am quite enjoying this series about the early days of the star kingdom of Manticore. In this story as the title implies, Manticore is out for revenge against those who attacked it. They are also desperately trying to discover why some shadowy entity wants to conqueror the star kingdom – remote and relatively unimportant as it is.
Travis Long and Lisa Donnelly head out on separate missions to try to achieve those goals. Minor spoilers: Unexpectedly (to me at least), they find strong allies in The Republic of Haven and The Andermani Empire. Axelrod's agent Llyn continues to be very competent, lethal, and downright nasty as he works to achieve Manticore's downfall.
Meanwhile, back in the star kingdom, tension builds as some politicos try to take advantage of young queen Elizabeth. She will need (and find) unexpected allies as she takes over as the new monarch.
(Aside: I think that the addition of Timothy Zahn and Thomas Pope has given Weber back some of his mojo.)
A solid four stars.
Series
4 primary booksHonorverse: Manticore Ascendant is a 4-book series with 4 primary works first released in 2014 with contributions by David Weber, Timothy Zahn, and 2 others.
Series
1 released bookHonorverse is a 42-book series first released in 1993 with contributions by David Weber, Timothy Zahn, and 9 others.