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This week for #WeReadWednesday, we're visiting the world of Honor Harrington!
The Honor of the Queen by David Weber
RIGHT WOMAN, WRONG PLACE
It's hard to give peace a chance when the other side regards war as the necessary prelude to conquest, and a sneak attack as the best means to that end. That's why the Kingdom of Manticore needs allies against the so-called "Republic" of Haven--and the planet Grayson is just the right strategic place to make a very good ally indeed. But Her Majesty's Foreign Office had overlooked a "minor cultural difference" when they chose Honor Harrington to carry the flag: women on the planet Grayson are without rank or rights; Honor's very presence is an intolerable affront to every male on the planet.
At first Honor doesn't take it personally; where she comes from gender discrimination is barely a historical memory, right up there in significance to fear of the left-handed. But in time such treatment as she receives from the Graysonites does become wearing, and Honor would withdraw if she could--but then Grayson's fratricidal sister planet attacks without warning and she must stay and prevail, not just for Honor's honor, but for her sovereign's, for--THE HONOR OF THE QUEEN.
Listen to the author discuss the Honorverse on the Baen Free Radio Hour: studio.youtube.com/playlist/PLdQqtgy5rN4LmVNQzdFrnrO5-aHE3oBgs/videos
To learn more, go to: simonandschuster.com/books/The-Honor-of-the-Queen/David-Weber/Honor-Harrington/9781982193690
To get the ebook, go to: baen.com/the-honor-of-the-queen-second-edition.html
#BaenBooks #WeReadWednesday #DavidWeber #HonorHarrington
This week for #WeReadWednesday, we're visiting the world of Honor Harrington!
The Honor of the Queen by David Weber
RIGHT WOMAN, WRONG PLACE
It's hard to give peace a chance when the other side regards war as the necessary prelude to conquest, and a sneak attack as the best means to that end. That's why the Kingdom of Manticore needs allies against the so-called "Republic" of Haven--and the planet Grayson is just the right strategic place to make a very good ally indeed. But Her Majesty's Foreign Office had overlooked a "minor cultural difference" when they chose Honor Harrington to carry the flag: women on the planet Grayson are without rank or rights; Honor's very presence is an intolerable affront to every male on the planet.
At first Honor doesn't take it personally; where she comes from gender discrimination is barely a historical memory, right up there in significance to fear of the left-handed. But in time such treatment as she receives from the Graysonites does become wearing, and Honor would withdraw if she could--but then Grayson's fratricidal sister planet attacks without warning and she must stay and prevail, not just for Honor's honor, but for her sovereign's, for--THE HONOR OF THE QUEEN.
Listen to the author discuss the Honorverse on the Baen Free Radio Hour: studio.youtube.com/playlist/PLdQqtgy5rN4LmVNQzdFrnrO5-aHE3oBgs/videos
To learn more, go to: simonandschuster.com/books/The-Honor-of-the-Queen/David-Weber/Honor-Harrington/9781982193690
To get the ebook, go to: baen.com/the-honor-of-the-queen-second-edition.html
#BaenBooks #WeReadWednesday #DavidWeber #HonorHarrington
