BOOK FOUR IN THE NATIONALLY BEST-SELLING MANTICORE ASCENDANT SERIES,
SET IN THE WORLD OF DAVID WEBER'S MULTIPLE NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING
HONORVERSE SERIES
Yesterday, the Star Kingdom of Manticore was a small, unimportant
interstellar backwater with no navy, but today, Manticore has become a
target. The Star Kingdom isn't certain who is attacking it or why, but
Queen Elizabeth I knows she has to find out. She knows that whatever
some of her subjects think, Manticore needs a navy. And it needs
allies--friends like the dynamic Republic of Haven and the Andermani
Empire. It needs their trade . . . and to learn from their more
experienced and powerful navies.
Officer Travis Long and his wife, Lisa, must acquire that experience.
And Travis's brother, the inexperienced diplomat Gavin, Earl Winterfall,
must build those alliances. They've been sent to the Andermani Empire to
do just that, for their navy is one of the most potent and experienced
fleets in the galaxy. But the Andermani have problems of their own:
their Emperor's death has triggered insurrection, and their navy is
locked in civil war. The Manticoran visitors are in the path of the
storm, and before they can accomplish anything else, Travis, Lisa, and
Gavin first have to survive.
About A Call to Arms:
"The plotting is as solid as ever, with smaller scenes building to an
explosive, action-packed crescendo, and the authors strike a nice
balance between technical details of space flight and the human cost of
war." --Publishers Weekly
Praise for prequel A Call to Duty:
"This exciting book marks the first collaboration of two powerhouses . .
. fans of both writers should be quite pleased with the result. Like
Robert A. Heinlein and Orson Scott Card, Weber and Zahn are telling a
story about a teenage character but writing for readers of all ages."
--Booklist
"A new series set in the universe of Weber's popular heroine Honor
Harrington gets off to a solid start. . . . Cowriters Zahn and Weber do
an excellent job alluding to events known to longtime fans. . . .
[T]his astronautical adventure is filled with . . . intrigue and
political drama." --Publishers Weekly
About the Honor Harrington series:
"Weber combines realistic, engaging characters with intelligent
technological projection and a deep understanding of military
bureaucracy in this long-awaited Honor Harrington novel . . . Fans of
this venerable space opera will rejoice to see Honor back in action."
--Publishers Weekly
". . . everything you could want in a heroine. . . . Excellent . . .
plenty of action." --Science Fiction Age
"Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant!" --Anne McCaffrey
"Compelling combat combined with engaging characters for a great space
opera adventure." --Locus
"Weber combines realistic, engaging characters with intelligent
technological projection . . . Fans of this venerable space opera will
rejoice . . ." --Publishers Weekly
About Timothy Zahn:
"Zahn keeps the story moving at a breakneck pace, maintaining
excitement. . . ." --Publishers Weekly
"[Y]ou can count on Timothy Zahn for three things: clean, sparse
prose; good pacing; and great action scenes. The first book in the Cobra
War series hits all those marks in admirable style and makes for a
quick, entertaining sci-fi novel." --Blogcritics
"[Conqueror's Heritage] is another finely wrought space adventure .
. . [with] social, political and emotional complications, all of which
Zahn treats with his usual skill." --Booklist
"Zahn paints every detail [in Angelmass] with gleamy realism . . .
scientific dialogue that streams with starship hardware and military
trooper talk . . . immensely appealing." --Kirkus Review
