![]() Meanwhile, an ammunition shortage forces the RMN to recall some of its more modern weapon systems from the Talbott Quadrant. A force of hundreds of ships of the wall under the command of Fleet Admiral Massimo Filareta is dispatched to the Manticore System to crush the Star Empire once and for all. At the same time, First Space Lord Thomas Caparelli takes full responsibility for the Navy's inability to protect Manticore, and offers his resignation to Earl White Haven and Queen Elizabeth both of them refuse to even consider replacing him.īack on Earth, the Solarian authorities are preparing their response to the Battle of Spindle, and news of what happened to Manticore only encourages them. Judah Yanakov is recalled to Grayson to replace him. However, things continue to get worse: Yeltsin's Star has also been attacked, and while the damage is limited to the outlying Blackbird Yard, High Admiral Wesley Matthews is among the casualties. Stricken with grief, Honor swears in the comforting arms of her husband, Hamish Alexander, that she will not rest until she has found and killed the ones responsible for what happened. Other loved ones among the casualties include Andrew and Miranda LaFollet as well as the treecat Farragut. Honor is recalled to her home system, where she learns that a large portion of the Harrington Clan was killed when the city of Yawata Crossing was hit by debris from HMSS Vulcan. Queen Elizabeth, however, makes it clear that she will not allow her Empire to fall before its enemies. Twelve million people have been killed, and no one even knows where the attack came from. ![]() The attack has catastrophic consequences for Manticore's economy and military strength: most of the workforce trained to build ships of war is gone, as is most of the missile-building capacity. On Sphinx, seven and a half million humans and almost one percent of the entire treecat population are wiped out. The space stations Hephaestus, Vulcan, and Weyland are destroyed, and the debris hitting the planet surfaces beneath them causes terrible damage. Some time later, Operation Oyster Bay finally strikes: graser torpedoes and missiles are launched against multiple targets all over the Manticore System. ![]() While Honor continues the peace talks on Haven, Queen Elizabeth III of Manticore, upon receiving the news of what happened in Spindle, orders all termini of the Manticore Wormhole Junction to be shut down for Solarian commercial traffic, as the Star Empire is now in a de facto state of war with the Solarian League. Henke and her Tenth Fleet, however, are prepared for the Sollies and thoroughly beat them in the Battle of Spindle dozens of ships and a total of almost 400,000 prisoners of war fall into Manticoran hands. And in the Talbott Quadrant, Michelle Henke tries to strengthen the Star Empire of Manticore's position as the coming conflict with the Solarian League looms over the horizon.įleet Admiral Sandra Crandall arrives in the Spindle System with the Solarian League Navy's Task Force 496, demanding Michelle Henke to be turned over for what she did in the Second Battle of New Tuscany. Meanwhile, Admiral Honor Alexander-Harrington is sent to the Haven System to once again offer peace talks to the Republic of Haven. Plot Īfter the destruction of the Gamma Center, Mesa launches a propaganda campaign to discredit Anton Zilwicki as a mass murderer, while the secretive Mesan Alignment Navy prepares for the execution of its long-planned Operation Oyster Bay. Because if everything Honor Harrington loves is going down to destruction, it won't be going alone. But Manticore's enemies may not have thought of everything after all. There are forces in play, hidden enemies in motion, all converging on the Star Kingdom of Manticore to crush the very life out of it, and Honor's worst nightmares fall short of the oncoming reality. But there are things not even Honor knows about. ![]() She's prepared to do anything, risk anything, to stop it, and she has a plan that may finally bring an end to the Havenite Wars and give even the Solarian League pause. The millions who have already died may have been only a foretaste of the billions of casualties just over the horizon, and Honor sees it coming. And now the unstoppable juggernaut of the mighty Solarian League is on a collision course with Manticore. Cover Summary The Star Kingdom of Manticore and the Republic of Haven have been enemies for Honor Harrington's entire life, and she has paid a price for the victories she's achieved in that conflict.
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