{"id":50,"date":"2009-01-13T15:10:31","date_gmt":"2009-01-13T20:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.schollnick.net\/?p=50"},"modified":"2009-01-13T15:10:31","modified_gmt":"2009-01-13T20:10:31","slug":"its-almost-time-to-ride-on-the-honorverse-express-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/2009\/01\/its-almost-time-to-ride-on-the-honorverse-express-again\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s almost time to ride on the Honorverse Express again&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever forget that first time, when the Grasers were shooting the deck out from under your feet?<\/p>\n<p>Or how a simply click of the wrong button sends your new novel out to the rest of the world, instead of the preview chapter you intended?<\/p>\n<p>Either way, the new Honor Harrington book will be out in March&#8230; It&#8217;s military Science Fiction at it&#8217;s best.  If you haven&#8217;t read the series, then consider reading online or downloading from Baen&#8217;s free library a copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.webscription.net\/p-304-on-basilisk-station.aspx\">On Basilisk Station<\/a>&#8230;  The first book of the Honorverse series&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Baen&#8217;s teaser is up on the <strong>latest<\/strong> book, and gives this description:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Perfidious Plots,<br \/>\nCourageous Resolve\u00e2\u20ac\u201dand,<br \/>\nof course,<br \/>\nStarships Blown to Smithereens!<\/p>\n<p>The Solarian League Navy has been the premier navy of the galaxy for centuries. Indeed, no one can remember a time when it hasn&#8217;t been acknowledged as the most powerful fleet in existence.<\/p>\n<p>Until now, that is.<\/p>\n<p>A conference to end the terrible war between the Peeps of Haven and the Manticorean Star Kingdom is slated. Peace is finally within reach.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, right.<\/p>\n<p>Not with the slaver conspiracy that calls itself Manpower, Inc. pulling intergalactic strings. The plan? To plunge the Star Kingdom into a two-front war with Peeps and Sollies\u00e2\u20ac\u201da process calculated to blast Honor Harrington&#8217;s home system to smoking ruin!<\/p>\n<p>Assassination&#8217;s afoot. And out on the galactic frontier known as the Verge, big trouble boils over as Solarian League arrogance butts up against the steely resolve of Harrington prot\u00c3\u00a9g\u00c3\u00a9 Michelle Henke, aka Admiral Gold Peak.<\/p>\n<p>Too bad for the Sollies. For Harrington&#8217;s officers have a habit of coming through in the clutch and finding a way to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. But most of all\u00e2\u20ac\u201dwhatever the odds\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthey never, ever give up the fight!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div style=\"text-align:center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.schollnick.net\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/01\/books1ed275a8-1859-4027-8214-730226edad6b.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"1ED275A8-1859-4027-8214-730226EDAD6B.jpg\" width=\"510\" height=\"680\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you ever forget that first time, when the Grasers were shooting the deck out from under your feet? Or how a simply click of the wrong button sends your new novel out to the rest of the world, instead of the preview chapter you intended? 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