When does the story continue?

Benjamin Detweiler leaned back in his chair and steepled his fingers in thought.
The total collapse of the Solarian League had been as sudden as it was unexpected, leaving the Haven Quadrant the primary power of the galaxy. The Renaissance Association had come together flawlessly and was building goodwill already by means of generous donations to nearby systems in order to keep them from collapsing.
However, it would take several decades (at the very least) before the Alignment Navy was strong enough to take on its planned role.
Until then, the Alignment would remain in the shadows. It had done so for centuries, a few more decades would allow it to finish adjusting its plans.
And then it would take its rightful place.

Michael Everett wrote:The series will probably end with something like..

Benjamin Detweiler leaned back in his chair and steepled his fingers in thought.
The total collapse of the Solarian League had been as sudden as it was unexpected, leaving the Haven Quadrant the primary power of the galaxy. The Renaissance Association had come together flawlessly and was building goodwill already by means of generous donations to nearby systems in order to keep them from collapsing.
However, it would take several decades (at the very least) before the Alignment Navy was strong enough to take on its planned role.
Until then, the Alignment would remain in the shadows. It had done so for centuries, a few more decades would allow it to finish adjusting its plans.
And then it would take its rightful place.

(My apologies to David Weber).

I see the next book as the springboard to the follow-on series, the Raoul Harrington books, set in a universe with dozens, if not hundreds, of empirelets and mini-republics formed out of what was once the Solarian League.
And Honor? Well, she's probably going to be in charge of the Grayson Space Navy, having raised Raoul to be a tactical genius.

n7axw wrote:The thing of it is, David is eventually going to want to slow down a bit, if not stop. Honorverse is his oldest series and frankly, as much as I have enjoyed it, it's probably overdue to wrap up.

Don

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