Echoes Of Honor
   David Weber
   (Reviewer - D. H. BROWN)
  1998 Baen Pub. Ent. Riverdale NY USA
   ISBN:ISBN: 0671878921


For eight bloody years, the Star Kingdom of Manticore & its allies have taken the war to the vastly more powerful People's Republic of Haven, & Commodore Honor Harrington has been in the vanguard. Now Honor has fallen captive to the enemy.

David Weber's Honor series has to be in the absolute fore-front of the hard science fiction/space opera genre & a powerful warning about surrendering one's rights to a system.

In the preceding three months I have read & in some cases, reread each book. I have not felt, for a long time, so captivated & so compelled by an epic.

This future universe that Mr. Weber has created has within it all of the best & worst that human kind has to offer. For me the characters live & die with a reality bordering on the non-fiction.

His central character, Honor Harrington, though fictional is someone that I, as a Viet Nam vet, wish I could have served with. For as a military person she certainly has honor. Something sorely lacking in most of the superiors I knew.

Honor is truly one of the few people, real or imagined, that I have ever met that I really knew. By her word & deed she compels all who work with & depend on her, to strive to be their very best.

David Weber's handling of the science part of this fiction comes across smooth & effortless. Very believable with no apparent shortcuts or flaws.

I would recommend this series to any youth, as an example of the best they could strive for in their own lives. Or any adult for that matter.

This series & especially, Echoes of Honor moved me to think of my own word & deed. This may seem a lofty ideal to have found in a simple science fiction series yet is nonetheless real.

To my mind, the Honor Harrington series will join together on my shelves along with the equally unforgettable Asimov Foundation series & Heinlein's Stranger In A Strange Land. They are truly indelible.

More from David Weber: Honor Harrington Novels: On Basilisk Station; The Honor of the Queen; The Short Victorious War; Field of Dishonor; Flag in Exile; Honor Among Enemies; In Enemy Hands
Edited by David Weber: More Than Honor; Worlds of Honor(forthcoming)
also: Mutineer's Moon; The Armageddon Inheritance; Heirs of Empire; Path of the Fury; Oath of Swords; The War God's Own; Apocalypse Troll(also reviewed).
(02/06/00)

D. H. BROWN
A RebeccasReads.com Associate Reviewer

Reviewer's Bio:
D. H. BROWN is the author of the critically acclaimed HONOR DUE and the Citizens Warrior Series. The son of missionary parents and with the help his Uncle Sam, he has touched base in more than 40 countries. In 1986 he produced the independent children's film Lessie's Rainbow. During the late 80s and early 90s, he wrote the book Common Sense and delivered the seminars of the same name for the Community Action Network of Seattle (CAN). While doing his early Vietnam recovery work, he counseled Veterans and spoke widely to men's groups in Washington state, and was a founder of The Lodge of the Wolf.

D. H. BROWN has worked as a Logistics and Weapons Specialist in Viet Nam; day laborer; Director of Security; Armored Car Driver; Police Officer; Professional Hunting Guide; Trapper; Dog Sledder; Homesteader; Truck Driver; General Contractor; Minister; Editor; Writer; Speaker; Restaurateur; Movie Producer; Antique Restoration Specialist; Personal Care Worker; PC Repair Specialist; Computer Instructor; Webmaster and Web Designer. "I write about what I know."

He lives deep in the Pacific Northwest rainforest with his wife, author and editor Rebecca and Buddy Dog, working on his next book.
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