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On the planet Grayson to participate in diplomatic talks between the Kingdom of Manticore and the Republic of Haven, Honor Harrington discovers that she is stuck on a fiercely patriarchal, misogynist planet.

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  • Honor Harrington: The heroine of the series and an analog for Horatio Hornblower. She has a genius for tactical situations and is so often in major conflicts she is known as the Salamander. Those who serve with her adore her, and those she is against fear her.
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The cutter passed from sunlit brilliance to soot-black shadow with the knife-edge suddenness possible only in space, and the tall, broad-shouldered woman in the black and gold of the Royal Manticoran Navy gazed out the armorplast port at the battle-steel beauty of her command and frowned.

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This is book 2 of 15 in Honor Harrington. (standard series)

Preceded by On Basilisk Station, and followed by The Short Victorious War.

This is book 2 of 26 in Honor Harrington Universe. (universe)

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  1. David Weber (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Baen Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1993
ISBN: 0671721720
Page Count: 432

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