Crown of Slaves (Audible Audio Edition) David Weber Peter Larkin Eric Flint Audible Studios Books
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The Star Kingdom's ally, Erewhon, is growing increasingly restive in the alliance because the new High Ridge regime ignores its needs. Add to that the longstanding problem of a slave labor planet controlled by hostile Mesans in Erewhon's stellar back yard, a problem which High Ridge also ignores.
Finally, the recent assassination of the Solarian League's most prominent voice of public conscience indicates the growing danger of political instability in the League - which is also close to Erewhon. In desperation, Queen Elizabeth tries to defuse the situation by sending a private mission to Erewhon led by Captain Zilwicki, accompanied by one of her nieces. When they arrive on Erewhon, however, Manticore's most capable agent and one of its princesses find themselves in a mess.
Not only do they encounter one of the Republic of Haven's most capable agents - Victor Cachat - but they also discover that the Solarian League's military delegation seems up to its neck in skullduggery. And, just to put the icing on the cake, the radical freed slave organization, the Audubon Ballroom, is also on the scene - led by its most notorious killer, Jeremy X.
Crown of Slaves (Audible Audio Edition) David Weber Peter Larkin Eric Flint Audible Studios Books
This was the first Honorverse novel that actually disappointed me a bit, even after reading the slightly juvenile-focused treecat/Harrington origin books, which were a bit lighter in content and tone, but still fairly enjoyable.It's hard to put some of my irritations into words without spoilers, so let me just state that some of the decisions made by the protagonists were were seemingly meant to be tough, noble, idealistic, but were just face-palmingly stupid and naive. You can forgive teenage girls for this, I suppose, but the adults should have known better. And a few of the expository character speeches this series is known for really went overboard, and were far too on-the-nose to be considered as clever and insightful as it pretended it was... almost painfully so. On the plus side, the characters themselves were mostly dynamic and interesting, and the plot kept me fairly engaged. It flagged a bit near the end, and seemingly continued mostly just to set things up for the next book in the series.
It's too bad, because I'd love to continue reading Honorverse stories, but I think I'll probably wait for the main series to continue. But by all means, feel free to ignore my recommendation of a pass if you're desperate for more Honorverse, and consider yourself a reasonably tolerant reader.
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Crown of Slaves (Audible Audio Edition) David Weber Peter Larkin Eric Flint Audible Studios Books Reviews
In the past, I have loved David Weber?s Honor Harrington series, but disliked his other work. I found most of Weber's "Non-Honorverse" work to suffer from a common flaw in military science fiction. Everything was too scaled up and dramatic, everything involved a threat to the existence of humanity. The Honor Harrington books were a relief in part because at no point in the series was the existence of humanity in any danger.
I tended to like Eric Flint's novels at the beginning, but lost interest later. His books often seem to have an ideological slant that annoys me, and to start with a straightforward plot I like, than go in a different direction.
I was a little worried having Flint write in the Honorverse would introduce inconsistency, because the "bad guys" are often exaggerated liberals in the Honorverse.
I was relieved to see that this was NOT the case in _Crown of Slaves_. Flint was able to show a different side to the "bad guys" without introducing inconsistency or excessive polemics.
This book was a very good "cloak and dagger" novel set in the Honorverse just before the last Honor Harrington novel. It involves former spies from Haven and Manticore who go to Erewhon to vie for the allegiance of that potential ally, and get caught up in a conflict involving the genetic slave trade. The authors did a a great job at handling Machiavellian political scheming and elaborate plots. They also created some excellent characters, from the kind of plucky teenage heroines that L'Engle gave me a taste for to larger than life super-spies. There were also several characters from the Wrong Side of the Tracks. There were characters who were famously dangerous and could scare people with a look that reminded me of the protagonist from _Nightingale's Lament_. The "super spies" were super-competent enough to be heroic, but still managed to seem both human and plausible.
There were an unusual number of typos in the book, most were words that were followed by a synonym that was clearly supposed to have been deleted. There was a case where a character was portrayed as ruthless, than had a bout of conscience over something that had to be less ethically problematic than things he had done in the past. The end was satisfying, but marred by a sudden burst of naivety.
Not Much of Honor or the Treecats in this one (or the next 2), as its more of a spin off series of the Honor Harrington books rather than a continuation of Honor herself. So if you were expecting another Honor Harrington book, you really aren't going to get it as these are another cast of major characters (some old some new) with Honor and Nimitz only making a brief cameo, and with hardly any Treecat major involved at all. (Ok so the 'Cats were some of my favorite characters so sue me) But other than that its worth the time. I thought it was good enough to buy the other 2 that are out anyway.
Queen Berry is a free-wheeling monarch and many must die to put her on the throne of Torch. The slaves who had been so degraded by Manpower and Masadan powers-that-be create a sanctuary and a culture of their own with a 17 year-old monarch who selects a mouse as part of her official coat of arms and as the most extravagant portion of her crown.
"Crown of Slaves" is set in the Honorverse, although Honor herself has but a 10-page cameo. It takes place during the last year of the unhappy, incompetent High Ridge government ("War of Honor"). In place of the meticulously constructed battle scenes in the "main sequence" this time out David Weber, with Eric Flint, concoct a meticulously created sequence of intelligence ops in which two spymasters, Anton Zilwicki of Manticore and Victor Cachat of Haven, find themselves reluctant allies.
You'll also be introduced to two fabulous creations, Berry Zilwicki, Anton's adopted daughter, and Thandi Palane, aka Kaja.
It's long, involved, full of character development and political science theory, but it's suspenseful and lively for all that. It also fills in a few of the gaps in "War of Honor."
This is hardly any place for a newcomer to the Honorverse to start. Begin with "On Baselisk Station" and work your way along.
This book is full of spies , conspirators , politics , and more political theory than you can shake a stick at . The cast of characters is large . There is a lot of political lecturing . Some of which could have been edited out .
Not a bad book , goodly long imo . Worth the price of admission into the trilogy .
I have one bone to pick , and that is the notion that slavery is "unbridled capitalism " . The capitalists wiped out slavery in this country . That kind of tyranny can only be sustained with government support the flaw in the Constitution forcing the Free States to enforce slave catching .
This was the first Honorverse novel that actually disappointed me a bit, even after reading the slightly juvenile-focused treecat/Harrington origin books, which were a bit lighter in content and tone, but still fairly enjoyable.
It's hard to put some of my irritations into words without spoilers, so let me just state that some of the decisions made by the protagonists were were seemingly meant to be tough, noble, idealistic, but were just face-palmingly stupid and naive. You can forgive teenage girls for this, I suppose, but the adults should have known better. And a few of the expository character speeches this series is known for really went overboard, and were far too on-the-nose to be considered as clever and insightful as it pretended it was... almost painfully so. On the plus side, the characters themselves were mostly dynamic and interesting, and the plot kept me fairly engaged. It flagged a bit near the end, and seemingly continued mostly just to set things up for the next book in the series.
It's too bad, because I'd love to continue reading Honorverse stories, but I think I'll probably wait for the main series to continue. But by all means, feel free to ignore my recommendation of a pass if you're desperate for more Honorverse, and consider yourself a reasonably tolerant reader.
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