Beginning in the early 1990's, David Weber began writing a science fiction series around a lady named Honor Harrington. Honor Harrington is a citizen of the Star kingdom of mantacore and begins her Career as a lieutenant in the Manticoran space navy. The series begins within Basilisk Station which is the first in a long series of books. Below, I will reprint my library entry for the series. Several other writers have also written stories in the Honorverse and Crown of Slaves in one of them Although Crown of slaves is set in the Honorverse, Ms Harrington plays no role in the book. I highly recommend you read the series from the beginning. Crown of slaves will mean more to you then. Start right now! Use your Kurzweil demo to go online to the Baen Free Library and download On Basilisk Station which is in there. I believe it is also on bookshare, but the Baen webscription copy is their copy and is perfect! If you like, here is what I wrote in my library. I have bought all the books from Baen Books so have electronic versions. Bookshare requires, though, that you scan a book for upload, you cannot upload the electronic version. The book is so good that it's worth the work so others can read it. In rereading what I just wrote, I should note that Honor Harrington was no lady, at least not at first. The queen elevated her during the series, but she comes from Griffin to Manticore a commoner and moves in to the peerage by pluck and merit. Honor Harrington Series Since this is a large series it is found in its own entry in the library. Below are the books in order. Eleven were written entirely by David Weber, one by David Weber and Eric Flint, and four were edited by David Weber. The four listed as edited by weber contain stories by other writers in the same universe. These stories flesh out the history of the kingdom of Mantacore and the universe around it. One story goes back several generations in the Harrington family to tell how tree'cats became associated with humans and especially the Harringtons. Of the four More then Honor was copywritten in 1998, Worlds of Honor in 1999 Changer of worlds in 2001 and Service of the sword in 2003. . Changer of worlds should be read between Ashes of Victory and War of Honor; especially because the story by Eric Flint, from the Highlands, fleshes out events that take place in War of Honor. Crown of Slaves, also fits, as closely as I can figure in the history contemporanius with or just before the events depicted in War of Honor, this in spite of its having a later copywrite date then War of Honor. War of Honor refers to events in Crown of Slaves. October 24, 2004. Note: An emailer from bookshare adds to my note on Crown of Slaves. You mentioned that, as close as you can figure, Crown of Slaves, fits in the history contemporanius with or just before the events depicted in War of Honor. It actually takes place at the same time as War of Honor. You can tell this from the end of Chapter 40 in Crown of Slaves. It mentions that Honor's task group is due to leave for Sidemore in 3 days. The task group leaves for Sidemore between chapters 19 and 22 in War of Honor. Also, Cathy Montaigne is referred to as the former Countess in Chapter 1 of Crown of Slaves, and Zilwicki doesn't even suggest to Montaigne that she renounce her peerage to run for a seat in the Commons until Chapter 8 of War of Honor. That's what's so nice about e-books. It doesn't take much time to find something you're looking for if you can come up with the right words to search for. Gerald Honor Harrington: On Basilisk Station The Honor of the Queen The Short Victorious War Field of Dishonor Flag in Exile Honor Among Enemies In Enemy Hands Echoes of Honor Ashes of Victory Crown of Slaves War of Honor Shadow of Saganami edited by David Weber: More than Honor Worlds of Honor Changer of Worlds Service of the Sword. Sincerely Yours: Duane Iverson ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kasondra payne" <Kassyp36@xxxxxxx>