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Ashes of Victory (Honor Harrington Series, Book 9) Mass Market Paperback – March 1, 2001

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With more than eight million copies of his books in print and 33 titles on the New York Times bestseller list, David Weber is a science fiction powerhouse. In the vastly popular Honor Harrington series, the spirit of C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower and Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander lives on—into the galactic future. Books in the Honor Harrington and Honorverse series have appeared on 21 bestseller lists, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and USA Today. Additional Honorverse collaborations include the spin-off miniseries Manticore Ascendant with New York Times best-selling author, Timothy Zahn; and with Eric Flint, Crown of Slaves and Cauldron of Ghosts contribute to his illustrious list of New York Times and international bestseller lists.

Best known for his spirited, modern-minded space operas, Weber is also the creator of the Oath of Swords fantasy series and the Dahak saga, a science fiction and fantasy hybrid. Weber has also engaged in a steady stream of best-selling collaborations: the Starfire Series with Steve White; The Empire of Man Series with John Ringo; the Multiverse Series with Linda Evans and Joelle Presby; and the Ring of Fire Series with Eric Flint.

David Weber makes his home in South Carolina with his wife and children.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Baen; Illustrated edition (March 1, 2001)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 672 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0671319779
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0671319779
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.4 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.19 x 1.2 x 6.75 inches
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David Mark Weber is an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1952. Weber and his wife Sharon live in Greenville, South Carolina with their three children and "a passel of dogs".

With a blue-collar, science-fiction loving father, a college English teacher mother (who also owned her own ad agency in the 70s), and a life-long love for history, he was clearly predestined to perpetrate a whole host of military science-fiction (and fantasy) novels and anthologies.

Previously the owner of the small advertising and public relations agency he took over from his mother, has written science fiction full time for thirty years. He is probably best known for his Honor Harrington series, from Baen Books, and his Safehold series, from Tor.

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Customers find the book well-written and enjoyable. They appreciate the compelling storyline, engaging politics, and action-packed narrative. Readers praise the characters as funny, powerful, and realistic. However, some feel the dialogue is stilted or overly narrated.

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81 customers mention "Readability"71 positive10 negative

Customers find the book well-written and enjoyable. They praise the author's storytelling abilities.

"...between Honor and the others who welcome her home and is very nicely done. Weber's sleek sense of humor is deliciously sly and sooo funny...." Read more

"...The writing gets the story to the reader well, even though David Weber has significant trouble writing dialogue...." Read more

"...long-winded at times, but like fast-forward on a boring video, pages can be skimmed and turned quite quickly." Read more

"...It's not a bad novel, but all the intrigue and planning and recapitulating and speculating made for a slow read. Sometimes very slow...." Read more

53 customers mention "Series quality"53 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the series' storyline. They find it action-packed and better than TV dramas. The book sets the stage for parallel adventure stories featuring some of the main heroines. However, some readers feel the series has slowed down.

"...reviewers, I have found that the best way to enjoy and fully savor the storyline is to start at the beginning with Basilisk and follow the..." Read more

"...This book takes the series to a new level...." Read more

"...Solid plot here, frustrating politics combined with (IMHO) too little actual combat scenes." Read more

"...worthy for its political and social commentary as it is for its grand space opera...." Read more

34 customers mention "Politics"24 positive10 negative

Customers find the book engaging with its political elements and space drama. They appreciate the author's detailed world-building and the thrilling narrative. The story weaves historical elements from the Napoleonic era into the plot without being overly hands-on. Readers also mention that the book has a good dose of space combat, making it more plausible than many movies.

"...Weber's intensely enjoyable, ultra hip futuristic space odessey is peopled with characters that are funny and very, very cool, yet quite human and..." Read more

"...As varied and stupendous as the stories told in this novel are, I can only wonder how much better it would have been if he had been permitted to..." Read more

"...Solid plot here, frustrating politics combined with (IMHO) too little actual combat scenes." Read more

"...battles will perhaps be disappointed, as much of this book involves political scheming, a spy sequence, and treecats who learn sign language..." Read more

20 customers mention "Enjoyment"20 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the book and find it an enjoyable read. They say it keeps them excited the whole time, making it a good bedtime or beach read. Readers appreciate the continuing saga and the wonderful world of Honor. The characters are described as funny, cool, yet human.

"...space odessey is peopled with characters that are funny and very, very cool, yet quite human and emotionally engaging...." Read more

"...As a stand-alone book, this novel would be a fun and enjoyable read...." Read more

"...Station" for free on my Kindle, and I've been enjoying the series a great deal until hitting something of a speed bump with this book...." Read more

"...career of his heroine Honor Harrington crafted as fully and exciting as its predecessors...." Read more

19 customers mention "Character development"19 positive0 negative

Customers find the characters in the book engaging and realistic. They appreciate the strong character development, consistent portrayal, and variety of characters from heroes to villains.

"...intensely enjoyable, ultra hip futuristic space odessey is peopled with characters that are funny and very, very cool, yet quite human and..." Read more

"...has created a comprehensive, cohesive universe with a myriad of truly interesting characters...." Read more

"...And as always, the author makes his characters seem real. When they die in battle, you feel for them. As you should...." Read more

"...His characterisations are as powerful and consistant as before, but more glimpses into politics and developing strategy make this a less 'hands on..." Read more

25 customers mention "Plot complexity"11 positive14 negative

Customers have mixed opinions about the plot complexity. Some find it intricate and well-thought-out, with complex characters and masterful exposition. Others feel the book is too detailed and predictable, with excessive exposition and backfill that intrude on the narrative.

"...But each book gets wordier, overly narrated, under-plotted and just plain tedious...." Read more

"...With steely determination and incomparable skill she emerges from a fledgling starship captain to a banged up Navy Admiral and an ultimate hero..." Read more

"...not only because of the sheer length of the book and the difficulty in keeping the stories and characters in place, but also because Weber gives a..." Read more

"...The elaborate plotting is typical Webber, as is the scene shifting. And as always, the author makes his characters seem real...." Read more

22 customers mention "Pacing"10 positive12 negative

Customers have different views on the pacing of the book. Some find it fast-paced and engaging, with pages turning quickly and smooth connections. Others feel that the pacing slows down, with too much politics and not enough action.

"...but all the intrigue and planning and recapitulating and speculating made for a slow read. Sometimes very slow. And meandering at times...." Read more

"...With steely determination and incomparable skill she emerges from a fledgling starship captain to a banged up Navy Admiral and an ultimate hero..." Read more

"...Now that the pace has slowed to a crawl..." Read more

"...like fast-forward on a boring video, pages can be skimmed and turned quite quickly." Read more

21 customers mention "Dialogue quality"0 positive21 negative

Customers find the dialogue in the book stilted and overly narrated. They mention that the book gets wordier, with awkward phrases and excessive verbiage.

"...story to the reader well, even though David Weber has significant trouble writing dialogue...." Read more

"...Sometimes very slow. And meandering at times...." Read more

"Weber has written some great books, in this series as well. But each book gets wordier, overly narrated, under-plotted and just plain tedious...." Read more

"...Unfortunately, the series has started to get bogged down in the last couple books, and by now I see that it's not going to turn around enough to..." Read more

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  • Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2000
    Alright! It is easy to become totally addicted to David Weber's Honor Harrington series. And like other reviewers, I have found that the best way to enjoy and fully savor the storyline is to start at the beginning with Basilisk and follow the character development of Honor as we are invited to follow her growth from newly minted captain of a junker starship where she finds herself stuck with a hostile crew way out in the boonies. With steely determination and incomparable skill she emerges from a fledgling starship captain to a banged up Navy Admiral and an ultimate hero to the multiple worlds she has served.
    She inspires crew and country with her iron willed mettle as she repeatedly faces off against enemies from corrupt, greedy industrialists to power drunk politicians to mega ton starships full of Peeps as she uncovers sabotage, piracy, murder, and nasty machiavellian plots both political and personal. And up the kilt, down the throat or broadside she blasts them all away.
    Weber's intensely enjoyable, ultra hip futuristic space odessey is peopled with characters that are funny and very, very cool, yet quite human and emotionally engaging. It is easy to care about his folks, and to become involved in Honor's world.
    Weber invites the reader to look at the politics and religious structures within Manticore (America/England analog?), and Grayson (pick your own country of religious fanatics) and to measure them against the utter horror of Haven (Russia analog?).
    His fairly transparent, strong personal opinions are very much "dialed in" to the politics and religious dogmas that we now encounter in various present day cultures including our own. For myself, I totally enjoy his ballsy way of putting it out for the reader to think about.
    Weber invites us to explore the power drunk politics within the varied systems/worlds he creates in this "otherworld" story. The dolists (welfare recipients with entitlement attitudes?) of the Peeps of Haven vs the capitalists/industrialists/class system politicians (Manticore) and the mind controlling religious heirarchial fanatics (Grayson), which reach a shattering pitch that threatens the survival of Honor's homeworld monarchy, and her adopted world's socio-cultural/political stability.
    In Ashes of Victory we get only a brief hot slice of Honor in action when she finds herself defending her Manticoran Queen and Grayson's Protector against attempted murder in a gutsy maneuver that saves their lives and nearly destroys her new runabout.
    Yet, despite the war with the Peeps we get to cheer both Tom Theisman as he blasts away Saint-Just with his own pulsar "Goodbye Citizen Chairman", and the Peep tac-witch Shannon Foraker "Oops!" who blasts away the SS ships sent to escort Admirals Tourville and Giscard back to Nouveux Paris to be murdered by the butcher Oscar Saint-Just. Foraker had downloaded an undetected self destruct program to the SS ships that she designed to protect her crew and Giscard's against certain death.
    In Ashes of Victory, Honor continues to endure the despicable politics of personal destruction by various factions admist more intimate trials of repair of her body and healing both herself and her terribly injured treecat Nimitz. By now, one begins to hope she will be promoted to First Space Lord where she can use her superb tactical skills to call the shots in the ongoing war with Haven and a future war with the Solarians, and not have to sacrifice any more parts of her body.
    Her unrequited love for Earl White Haven remains a bittersweet conflict between her heart and duty and this reader hopes that somewhere in the story line Honor may once again find some personal happiness. If not Earl White Haven, then perhaps the quiet, stoical, unquestionably loyal and ever present personal guard Andrew La Follett?
    The reunion with her parents is stunningly beautiful as are the emotional elements between Honor and the others who welcome her home and is very nicely done. Weber's sleek sense of humor is deliciously sly and sooo funny. I personally loved the dry, witty verbal repartee between Honor and her mother who is as outrageously irresistable as Honor herself.
    There are so many provacative levels to Weber's writing that the reader is stimulated with many invitations toward mind stretching reflection about life and the potentials for future generations as they may encounter it in space and among the stars.
    Thanks to David Weber's heroic Honor Harrington we are given a hopeful and brave icon through whom we might project a future realized. How I wish we could all live that long to see it unfold for ourselves.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2000
    Online rumours say that Mr. Weber was told to cut this book down from the impressive text he submitted for publication. As varied and stupendous as the stories told in this novel are, I can only wonder how much better it would have been if he had been permitted to show us the full scope of his vision.
    That is the power of this series in general and this book in particular. David Weber has created a comprehensive, cohesive universe with a myriad of truly interesting characters. Not all good guys are truly good, not all bad guys are truly evil. I bet if you met Rob Pierre under any other circumstances, he would be one of the nicest men you ever met!
    This book takes the series to a new level. Honor doesn't take a side role per se, but the characters that have been focussed around her in previous books take to broader ranges as every situation in her universe takes a turn. Yes, it does feel like a set-up for future books, but the individual stories brought to completion in the novel might have made good novellas or novels in their own right. Combined into one, the story earns five stars on its own.
    The writing gets the story to the reader well, even though David Weber has significant trouble writing dialogue. (Every time a character says "Um" I want to bash my head against a wall, and it is said a lot.) However, his flashes of brilliance make up for that, and they are becoming more frequent and more powerful as the series goes on. Some scenes will bring a tear to your eye and others will have you whooping in triumph.
    As a stand-alone book, this novel would be a fun and enjoyable read. To those already addicted to the series, there aren't enough pages to satisfy the voracious Sphinxian appetite we have for Honor's world.
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  • Reviewed in the United States on December 28, 2023
    Honor is back, beat up from her experience in "Hell" and combat and POW scars, now back in control of a fleet and taking it too the Havenites. Treecats finally get the ability to communicate to humans in a language both can understand (interesting). Yet another in the main story line which is soon to split into three parallel, hard to follow, which one do I read first, set of plots that all weave about each other in head spinning wonder. Solid plot here, frustrating politics combined with (IMHO) too little actual combat scenes.
  • Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2024
    Now the question is what can be done to stop the Liberals from destroying the star Kingdom just like they tried to do to the United States of America
  • Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2024
    The books are great! They get long-winded at times, but like fast-forward on a boring video, pages can be skimmed and turned quite quickly.

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  • Lynda byrne
    5.0 out of 5 stars Ok
    Reviewed in Canada on December 30, 2024
    Good read
  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Selfish Bastards
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 31, 2023
    This book reveals that some of those in power in the Star Kingdom of Manticore are not that different from the psychopaths that control the Peoples Republic of Haven. They just don't have the freedom to unleash their twisted idealism within the political and social integrity of Manticore. Their day will surely come and when it does the savage, dauntless vengeance of the dreadful Mistress that sits on the throne of the Royal House of Winton will show "no mercy". Her patience knows no bounds, her anger has no end. She will nurse it and let it fester within her until she can spit her poison to burn them and their houses to the ground. Even her most terrible weapon, the invincible Harrington, pales before Elizabeth's desire to wreak revenge on these selfish fools. For Harrington has learned to temper her hate, to restrain her basic desires. Elizabeth does so only to wait for the moment to unleash terrible destruction on the cowards who hide behind political expediency. More politics than I like in this book but it still stirs the soul. Some of the science bit is indecipherable to me, but maybe it's meant to be. Great stuff again.
  • TheOneTree
    5.0 out of 5 stars Opps
    Reviewed in Australia on July 30, 2023
    No spoilers…

    Opps indeed.

    The problem with desiring any series to be made into film, is of course accuracy or the lack thereof, changing the story in anyway (unthinkable, yet nearly always done) and poor choices made when casting.

    Yet knowing all of this, I still desire it. It would make a rollicking great movie series.
  • Amba Jane
    5.0 out of 5 stars I am prepared for a sleepless night.😁
    Reviewed in Japan on February 4, 2018
    A roller-coaster of emotions to deal with and a story that keeps you reading until the finish. It is breathtaking and beautiful, brutal and unforgiving, and I didn't want it to end. I can't wait to start the next chapter in this amazing series.
  • Fernando O.
    4.0 out of 5 stars Una buena descripción del sentido del deber enfrentado al bien común y la moral.
    Reviewed in Spain on September 8, 2015
    En toda guerra existe el dilema moral: la guerra es mala pero tenemos el derecho de defendernos. ¿no es así?.
    No es lo mismo las bajas causadas en combate a las que se producen sobre una población civil indefensa.
    Sin embargo el dilema moral persiste cuando se enfrentan el sentido del deber, la obediencia al poder político, por un lado y la conciencia de que continuar una determinada guerra es esencialmente injusto.
    El autor refleja todos eso dentro de un marco dinámico y atractivo para todos los aficionados a la SF militar.