Next book involving HH?

hanuman wrote:

Amaroq wrote:Another reason to read the "side story" novels is that you get different perspectives on the same events or happenings. I, personally, like to get the view from the other side and these books give you some idea of how the other characters deal with the events that you normally only "see" from Honor's POV.

Besides, aren't the 'side shows' supposed to merge into the main storyline again at some point? Reading the 'side stories' then becomes essential, in order to understand many of the characters and relationships that began, or are only found, there.

Dale B wrote:I wouldn't be too sure about Honor and death rides being a thing of the past. Single ship rides, sure, barring extraordinary circumstances. But fleet sized ones are still quite probable. All it will take is a good commander on the other side setting a proper trap, and the Salamander could easily find herself in a hotter fire than ever before....with a few ships in formation that she has to find some way of extricating them from the mess she landed in.

roseandheather wrote:

Jeslis wrote:Ack! 1 other random question;
I'm loving the Treecat perspectives.
Read the trio of books centered around HH's first Sphinxian(sp?) ancestor
Read HH's own encounter with *stinker* (real name escapes me)
Read the short story where Samantha goes to *stinkers* clan.. and convinces them to help with her kittens//bring several cats off world for a new colony.

Looking for any other Cat stories I may be missing.. specifically any involving the Manticorian Royalty /Queens/Kings and their cats'.

The short story where Honor meets Nimitz is called "The Best-Laid Plans" and is found in the Beginnings anthology.

One treecat story you missed is called "What Price Dreams?" and is found in the World of Honor anthology. It's about the first Manticoran royal bonding with a treecat, Queen Adrienne, and her treecat Dianchect.

Another is called "The Stray" from the same anthology, about Scott MacDallan, his treecat Fisher, and an unnamed, injured treecat. (Be prepared: this story will make you cry buckets. I don't care if you never cry at anything you read. This story will make you weep like a child.)

Also, might I encourage you to give the so-called "side novels" (the Torch and Talbott novels) a chance? Not only are they as fundamental to the storyline as the Honor novels themselves, they've got whole bundles of amazing characters. The Talbott series in particular is stacked with characters in the vein of early Honor - Aivars Terekhov, Abigail Hearns, Michael Oversteegen, and Helen Zilwicki, Jr, just to name a few. Not to mention it's where Michelle Henke really comes into her own. Other glorious characters include an admiral who will surprise your socks off and a quadrant governor who may in fact be the most astute politician in Manticore. You really don't know what you're missing.

Dale B wrote:I wouldn't be too sure about Honor and death rides being a thing of the past. Single ship rides, sure, barring extraordinary circumstances. But fleet sized ones are still quite probable. All it will take is a good commander on the other side setting a proper trap, and the Salamander could easily find herself in a hotter fire than ever before....with a few ships in formation that she has to find some way of extricating them from the mess she landed in.

roseandheather wrote:

Dale B wrote:I wouldn't be too sure about Honor and death rides being a thing of the past. Single ship rides, sure, barring extraordinary circumstances. But fleet sized ones are still quite probable. All it will take is a good commander on the other side setting a proper trap, and the Salamander could easily find herself in a hotter fire than ever before....with a few ships in formation that she has to find some way of extricating them from the mess she landed in.

I doubt death rides will be a thing of the past, but Honor is honestly just too senior to be put in a place where she's going to be the one doing them. It's going to be the up-and-comers - Abigail Hearns is a prime candidate for that sort of thing, and I'm sure there's more than a handful of Grand Alliance officers of her generation with fiendish tactical minds and too much courage who can pull that sort of thing off.

dreamrider wrote:
Well, except for when David somehow engineers a situation where Honor has to take Unconquered, and all her honorary crew, into action. I swear, he's gonna find a way to make it happen; how could he resist.

dreamrider

dreamrider wrote:
Well, except for when David somehow engineers a situation where Honor has to take Unconquered, and all her honorary crew, into action. I swear, he's gonna find a way to make it happen; how could he resist.

dreamrider