Mission of Honor: Honor Harrington, Book 12

Slow ponderous, nearly impossible read. Sometimes so bad that the thought occurs that it was written by a committee of circular logic intent on DRAWMA. (new word meaning melodramatic drama driven past rational limitations.) LOL Most damning points, missing content on interludes connecting to other books. Having the Harrington family take major hits to it's member is just a lesson in sophmoric circular logic that she will respond more determinedly. Should be a 'freebee' as it is totally worthless. Sad thing is that it is NOT an Honor story, just more in a universe where she resides and that a writer(s?) have changed for wargaming reasons which are NOT particularly good or well written. The Ill logic of this change means that the new enemy wishes to conquer the Universe, yet the assets, funds, people used to confront Honor home would have been reaping hundreds of worlds to their banner. So like most megamaniac plots this one intently breaks down into unreasonable combat as the 'sport' of intense gentetic attacks. YUCK Worse the new alignment will be using fleets manned by genetic inferiors they have fooled into following them, NOT the supergenetic soldiery they are espousing. This muckle of idiocy is the all the writer(s?.) Thanks, Harry!

At this point, the series is well underway, so please, start at On Basilisk Station and catch up. You'll be lost if you don't as this does not stand alone well, although the author does a good job of refreshing the reader's memory.Mission of Honor is far from being military science fiction at this point. There are political machinations, spies, and wheels within wheels as well as heartbreaking battles. Weber has no more compunction than George R. R Martin in killing folks off if it is called for. The action and planning were enough to keep me turning pages when I should have been sleeping. And yes, I am getting the next book in the series.If you enjoy good science fiction with a military background, then the series is for you.

This book is a very good and enjoyable conclusion to the story of the War between Manticore and Haven. However it gives rise to the significant question of What Next? It also suggests the direction of that follow on story. What is not clear is the title of that story. Being at this time re-reading by e-book this is a greater obstacle than it should be, and I would like it if I did not have to search through so many titles to find a book that I remember reading before. Still I enjoyed re-read ing this conclusion to the Manty-Haven war immensly.

Not as much action as earlier books in the series. This one concentrates on the political aspects and behind the scenes maneuvering. still a very good read. While I agree with another reviewer that all the "eyes narrowed" and "eyes hardened" lines got to be tiresome, what really bothered me was all the typos. The proof read people must have phoned this one in.There are dozens of lines with words in the wrong order or that don't belong at all. This creates a "stumbling" effect as you read it. You have to pause and figure out how the line should have been written. That pulls you out of the story and back to reality. Not good. If you are a fan of the series it's a must read but understand it's not the hard driving space warfare style of the early series.

Mission of Honor (Honor Harrington Series #12) by David WeberThis piece is the crowning of a three book arc that leads into the next arc of stories in the never-ending story of Honor Harrington. David apparently had originally meant to kill off this main character somewhere along the line but she's a bit more stubborn than that and just like all Manticorans - they don't 'run scared' worth a damn.There is a lot to love about this book as long as you are okay with all the political and military procedural exposition. It looks like the focus is on a new set of bad guys so that all our hero's on both the Manticore and Haven fronts will get a break if they can just piece together a bit of peace between them.We have in this book a parallel to the Pearl Harbor in a lot of life lost to a sneak attack. There is on awesome piece where David Weber focuses on Hamish as he observes Honor for the first time ever he gets to see the Salamander. It leaves him both chilled and in awe but you have to read it. I'd worry about it being a spoiler but its the inside page blurb piece in my book.We get to see Michelle Henke in action again and she is almost a good at this stuff as Honor, but she admittedly doesn't have the cool detachment that is evident in the Salamander.So of the last three novels this one and the previous are real gems though the one before them is a bit of a speed-bump at the beginning. Overall the three make a nice set and can be considered some of David Weber's best or hardest to get through depending on what the reader is looking for. I love characters over the procedure and exposition but I have to admit that David has won me over to his way of thinking for these books.Yet another set the reader can love or hate or love to hate.Great SFF for fans of the Military Political intrigue and procedure.When the editors away the author will play-but I think he deserves the chance. J.L. Dobias

Excellent plot. It did get a bit deep into the technology theorized by the author. The technological description is more than offset by the wide ranging canvas of the Honor Universe, and the varied and fascinating characters throughout its pages. Some you love, some you hate, and some you may not be sure about. Space Battles, political intrigue, and spacefaring merchants and pirates. Humor, tragedy, revenge, despair, and hope are sprinkled through the pages. One word of warning, it will be easy to get lost if the earlier novels have not been read. I would definitely recommend this book but not as a stand alone story.

Weber's long series of books set in the "Honorverse" is thoroughly enjoyable if you like "military science fiction". That is, if you like mind-cheese with lots of stuff blowing up. Unlike most other authors in this sub-genre, Weber even manages to make his characters believable and sympathetic, to sometimes have realistic conversations and motivations. And the universe he creates is, on the whole, consistent.The series went through a bad patch a few books back where there was lots of "jaw jaw" and very little of the "war war" that made the series so exciting. But I'm pleased to say that with the previous installment (At All Costs) and this one, he's back on form.I have three criticisms. The first is that the books will make little sense unless you've read the previous installments. That's fair enough. Authors writing series have to strike a balance between making later works accessible to newcomers and annoying their established customers with repeated material. In a short series, a bit of repetition won't do any harm, but in this one - 12 books so far, with at least two more in the pipeline and quite probably more to come - it would be actively harmful.The second is related to the first, but is, I think, rather more important. There are several spin-off series, also set in the same universe, which some readers may not have bothered with. Unfortunately one of them, the "Wages of Sin" series, turns out to be of vital importance, and the "Saganami Island" series is also of some relevance to this book and, to a lesser extent, to the previous one. Keeping track not only of a long main series with several parallel interacting plot threads (but at least they evolve alongside each other in a single series) but also of at least one and potentially several other series at the same time is hard. It's worth doing, but hard.And finally, remember how I said that the universe Weber has created is mostly consistent? The big economic inconsistency is beginning to bite, hard. He knows it - he even has some characters talk about how it makes no sense. He tries to justify it as being a front for a huge conspiracy, but huge conspiracies just don't work. The one he's written involves literally millions of people, at least thousands of whom are scattered all over the place amongst other polities and societies, and they're actually multi-generational sleeper agents. He expects us to believe that the children of sleeper agents will be content to be brought up as normal people (you can't trust young children with such secrets, after all), to form friendships, perhaps fall in love with members of the host society, and, when you inform them of their family's hidden role for them to just accept it. Even if somehow most of them held it together, all it would take would be for a handful to blow the whistle and, given how many there are, this must happen - and yet it doesn't for hundreds of years, not until narrative imperative compels it. I can ignore this, I read lots of sci-fi, much of it in the "bad but entertaining" mould, and so my suspension of disbelief muscle gets a regular workout. But even so, it is irritating.Those last two niggles, plus the entire series's utter lack of anything approaching literary value means it gets only three stars. I recommend it for those who are already Honorverse fans (not that there's much point in recommending it as you'll all buy it anyway) and I recommend the Honorverse as a whole to all sci-fi fans, but I have to insist that you read the books in order. Specifically, in publication order, so that you get the other series at the right time.

The twists and turns in the Honorverse get deeper and deeper as the Kingdom of Manticore becomes embroiled in war with the Sollies (Solarian League). Honor herself can't get involved in the action as she has been sent as the Queen's personal representative to negotiate a peace with the Peeps (People's Republic of Haven) and so it is left to her protogee, Michelle Henke, to deal with the Solly threat. There is plenty of action and intrigue here!

After so many battles its hard to see what can affect the massive R & D advantage that the kindom enjoys,however the scenario that the kingdom now faces is quite belivable especially as other concerns have not been down the same research track.A lot of the story is expansion upon previous inroads but the detail does help the story and as pieces of the puzzle fit in im sure the next book will make this worthwhille especially when read close together without that bane of all good book series, the dreaded wait in between publishing times.As an addition to a massive david weber series of books from many different eras then this was a must buy, for less avid fans then this may be a bit more of a hit and miss with more legwork for the plot and less massive battles maybe affecting your enjoyment.

David Weber and Honor Harrington - equally brilliant.

A good read

gripping

What more needs to be said? It's an excelent read. It does tend to bog down in places with too much description and background, as is normal for David Weber, but it still leaves you wanting more. The ending, not giving much away, does leave you hanging, wanting to just turn the page and continue with the story line. Recomended.

It just is getting better with each reading and leaves you wanting more and more. Great depth and pace all the time

Another wild ride amongst the increasingly anguished old enemies in the star systems. All is not as it seems when two old enemies measure up again to negotiate their future relationship!Harast

The usual high standard of writing. I love all the Honor Harrington books.

Good plot a bit of action and not too difficult number of characters kept me away from the Christmas soaps

great book loving the whole thing,a lot of politics sometimes but realistic and great characters

Another action packed novel involving Honor Harrington, bring on the next one

Still reading the book. Enjoying it immensely.

They are all good !