2006-10-05
The Shadow of Saganami
Author: David Weber
This is another long, long story from Weber that took me several weeks to read. There is a lot happening. This is possibly the most politically complicated Honorverse story to date, which is saying something, but it's a good thing in that we can't take that many more 100-pg. naval battles. The stars do have a couple incidents, of course, but the gusher of explanations and descriptions is capped, with that sort of thing having been done already.
After this and Crown of Slaves, it looks like Honorverse novels not featuring Honor are going to be common now, as Weber needs to keep telling his larger story without having his overloaded Admiral/Steadholder/Duchess everywhere at once. If you're following the series, consider this book required reading between War of Honor and At All Costs.
This is another long, long story from Weber that took me several weeks to read. There is a lot happening. This is possibly the most politically complicated Honorverse story to date, which is saying something, but it's a good thing in that we can't take that many more 100-pg. naval battles. The stars do have a couple incidents, of course, but the gusher of explanations and descriptions is capped, with that sort of thing having been done already.
After this and Crown of Slaves, it looks like Honorverse novels not featuring Honor are going to be common now, as Weber needs to keep telling his larger story without having his overloaded Admiral/Steadholder/Duchess everywhere at once. If you're following the series, consider this book required reading between War of Honor and At All Costs.
