Next Book after "Shadow of Freedom?"

JohnRoth wrote:He's said there are two more books and two more major battles. Of course, plans change and sometimes the story takes off by itself. He originally thought there were only five books in the original story arc that went through At All Costs. There were actually 11.

And that is not to say that he is completely done with the Honorverse. Manticore ascending is going to be at least 5 books now, and at one time he had a pre-quel planned about Honor's Dad and why he left the Marines - that may have morphed into the short story in Beginnings, or it still may be in the works, either as a SS or a stand alone novel. He could also take up the original plan and jump ~20 years into the future and write stories about Honor's kids.

FIVE when did this happen. Last i recall was a trilogy????

Theemile wrote:

JohnRoth wrote:He's said there are two more books and two more major battles. Of course, plans change and sometimes the story takes off by itself. He originally thought there were only five books in the original story arc that went through At All Costs. There were actually 11.

And that is not to say that he is completely done with the Honorverse. Manticore ascending is going to be at least 5 books now, and at one time he had a pre-quel planned about Honor's Dad and why he left the Marines - that may have morphed into the short story in Beginnings, or it still may be in the works, either as a SS or a stand alone novel. He could also take up the original plan and jump ~20 years into the future and write stories about Honor's kids.

Weird Harold wrote:No, whether he intended it or not, "Loadstone" is more accurate than "Millstone" if you use the gaming version:

A loadstone is an undesirable gem to have on your person. It is extremely heavy and almost always generated [sic] cursed.

Harold, I'm not into gaming and I took loadstone to be a misspelling of Lodestone, which iirc has magnetic properties.

Theemile wrote:

JohnRoth wrote:He's said there are two more books and two more major battles. Of course, plans change and sometimes the story takes off by itself. He originally thought there were only five books in the original story arc that went through At All Costs. There were actually 11.

And that is not to say that he is completely done with the Honorverse. Manticore ascending is going to be at least 5 books now, and at one time he had a pre-quel planned about Honor's Dad and why he left the Marines - that may have morphed into the short story in Beginnings, or it still may be in the works, either as a SS or a stand alone novel. He could also take up the original plan and jump ~20 years into the future and write stories about Honor's kids.

And even if he himself is worn out with the Honorverse in general, there would be nothing standing in the way of him allowing other authors to continue to expand the story. Like Jane and Tim are doing with Manticore Rising and Stephanie Harrington. Weber would retain final say as well as general direction (what must happen, what cannot happen, etc...) while the other authors flesh out the story itself.

(Haven trilogy, please).

Lunan wrote:FIVE when did this happen. Last i recall was a trilogy????

About a year ago, they renamed the series from the "Travis Long Trilogy" to the "Manticore Ascendant" Series. Originally the wormhole discovery and exploitation was not in the storyline, but I believe it is now.

So there will be a couple more harrington books, then i heard there will be a series about the next generation. So how much will be done or revealed before the new series.
We know at the very least mesa will be dealt with. If felix or darius is left unhinded, then in the time between the series,mesa might build a fleet of unparreled might. I am think those other book groups will cover this. I can see torch expanding claiming the felix junction for them selves. They would terraform that planet in felix, and control darius, and watch the other terminii. The torch hyperbride was said to be a silveer mine, but the felix junction ofers alot more. It links multiple verge regions directly to the core. i can see it being a key location in the manticore alliance.

Even if they realise which worlds are in the alignment, it would be tricky too act. they seem to all be independant worlds, but the league is sure to cause trouble. if left in tact it provide the enemy for the future.

my money is the main honor books will focus on the league it sel, the coming beowolf battle, and the eventual retaliation. We know the alliance is shutting down the terminii, they will have to use force on sume like yildan. They then neever to eliminate the main fleet yards for the navy and most ship concentrations they can. at least of the heavy ship of the line. Those books will show the fall of the league, and tthe potential world that will rise from the ashes.

SYED wrote:...but the felix junction ofers alot more. It links multiple verge regions directly to the core. ...

I don't recall anything that even hints that the Felix WHJ or any of its termini are anywhere near the 'Core' of the Solarian League. Felix is apparently inside 'League Space' but it is near Mannerheim and I'm pretty sure that all of the Renaissance Factor members are Shell worlds, not Core. There are none old enough to be Core worlds.

Weird Harold wrote:

SYED wrote:...but the felix junction ofers alot more. It links multiple verge regions directly to the core. ...

I don't recall anything that even hints that the Felix WHJ or any of its termini are anywhere near the 'Core' of the Solarian League. Felix is apparently inside 'League Space' but it is near Mannerheim and I'm pretty sure that all of the Renaissance Factor members are Shell worlds, not Core. There are none old enough to be Core worlds.

Visigoth is a core world, it's ~20 light years from Beowulf IIRC. At that range it was either overlooked for centuries or was one of the first dozen or so colonies.

Theemile wrote:

Weird Harold wrote:I don't recall anything that even hints that the Felix WHJ or any of its termini are anywhere near the 'Core' of the Solarian League.

Visigoth is a core world, it's ~20 light years from Beowulf IIRC. At that range it was either overlooked for centuries or was one of the first dozen or so colonies.

Visigoth's WH connects to Mesa, not Felix. Visigoth is probably closer to Felix than Beowulf, but there's no clues as to how close Visigoth might be to Felix.

The closest named system we know of is Mannerheim (4 ly, IIRC) and have no references to place Mannerheim in the Core.

Weird Harold wrote:<snip> I'm pretty sure that all of the Renaissance Factor members are Shell worlds, not Core. There are none old enough to be Core worlds.

Weird Harold wrote:

Theemile wrote:Visigoth is a core world, it's ~20 light years from Beowulf IIRC. At that range it was either overlooked for centuries or was one of the first dozen or so colonies.

Visigoth's WH connects to Mesa, not Felix. Visigoth is probably closer to Felix than Beowulf, but there's no clues as to how close Visigoth might be to Felix.

The closest named system we know of is Mannerheim (4 ly, IIRC) and have no references to place Mannerheim in the Core.

I wasn't referencing the wormhole, I was specifically referencing Visigoth - you said no Renaissance members were in the Core and Visigoth is.