With Steve White: Insurrection ( Baen, 1990) Also available on this freely distributable CD. Isfdb: A novel. With Steve White: Crusade ( Baen, 1992) Also available on this freely distributable CD. Isfdb: A novel. On Basilisk Station ( Baen, 1993) Also available on this freely distributable CD. Isfdb: A novel. The Honor of the Queen ( Baen, 1993) Also available on this freely distributable CD. Isfdb: A novel. Field of Dishonor ( Baen, 1994) Also available on this freely distributable CD. Isfdb: A novel. The Short Victorious War ( Baen, 1994) Also available on this freely distributable CD. Isfdb: A novel. Miles to Go ( The Triumphant Anthology, 1995) Available as part of this collection. Also available on this freely distributable CD. Isfdb: A novel. Flag in Exile ( Baen, 1995) Also available on this freely distributable CD. Isfdb: A novel. Oath of Swords ( Baen, 1995) Also available on this freely distributable CD. Isfdb: A novel. A Brief Technical History of the Bolo ( The Triumphant Anthology, 1995) Available as part of this collection. Also available on this freely distributable CD. Isfdb: A Certain Talent ( The Williamson Effect Anthology, 1996) A sample from this collection. Honor Among Enemies ( Baen, 1996) Also available on this freely distributable CD. Isfdb: A novel. The Traitor ( Bolos Anthology 4, 1997) Available as part of this collection. Also available on this freely distributable CD. Isfdb: A Time to Kill ( Last Stand Anthology, 1997) Available as part of this collection. Also available on this freely distributable CD. Isfdb: In Enemy Hands ( Baen, 1997) Also available on this freely distributable CD. Isfdb: A novel. With Steve White: In Death Ground ( Baen, 1997) Also available on this freely distributable CD. Isfdb: A novel. Echoes of Honor ( Baen, 1998) Also available on this freely distributable CD. Isfdb: A novel. With David.
In Enemy Hands is the seventh book of David Weber's series of novels and short stories chronicling the adventures of Honor Harrington. It was first published in 1997. Timeframe: 1911 PD Cover Summary Edit Honor Harrington's career has its ups and its downs. She's survived ship-to-ship battles, assassins, political vendettas, and duels. She's been shot at, shot down, and just plain shot, had starships blown out from under her, and made personal enemies who will stop at nothing to ruin her, and somehow she's survived it all. But this time she's really in trouble. The People's Republic of Haven has finally found an admiral who can win battles, and Honor's orders take her straight into an ambush. Outnumbered, outgunned, and unable to run, she has just two options: see the people under her command die in a hopeless, futile battle. or surrender them-and herself-to the People's Republic of Haven. There can be only one choice, and at least the People's Navy promises to treat their prisoners honorably. But the Navy is overruled by the political authorities, and Honor finds herself bound for a prison planet aptly named Hell. and her scheduled execution. Put into solitary confinement, separated from her officers and her treecat Nimitz, and subjected to systematic humiliation by her gaolers, Honor's future has become both bleak and short. Yet bad as things look, they're about to get worse. for the People's Republic of Haven. Plot Edit Honor Harrington has been promoted to Commodore, a rank so high that she will never personally command a ship again. The promotion comes through as she returns to Harrington Steading on Grayson, after having spent the previous months advising and working with the Weapons Development Board. Honor has not returned alone, however, as her treecat Nimitz has mated with Samantha, who has borne 'kittens. The Bright Water Clan has also dispatched eight.
As I mentioned in my review of Honor Among Enemies, with In Enemy Hands the Honorverse series changes from a pure space navy series to something more politically-based. While there are still plenty of naval battles in the offing, at times the space combat takes a distinct back seat to all the political maneuvering. I suspect that this is why a number of readers seem to feel it “jumped the shark” at this point—they started reading it because they liked space battles, and suddenly it turned into something very different. This book begins a phase of the series expressly focused on the politics of Haven, with a turn to focus expressly on the politics of Manticore a few books away. Still later in the series, it will swing around again to focus on the politics of an entity that doesn’t even have any (obvious) pieces on the board yet. And at the same time, Honor’s love life starts to resemble a soap opera even more than it already did. Small wonder it loses a bit of audience here! Previously: Continuing my review of Honor Harrington stories and novels in chronological order: In Enemy Hands by David Weber Honor has returned from her (costly) success fighting pirates with fragile Q-ships in Silesia with a new treecat member of her family— Samantha, whose human bond-mate was killed in action during the last great battle of Honor Among Enemies. She gets a much-overdue promotion to Commodore, and returns to Grayson on the way to her new duty as a squadron commander, and happens to encounter Hamish Alexander, Lord White Haven, Harrington and Alexander have met a couple of times in previous books, for short periods, but they’ve never really gotten to know each other. And it just so happens that at the start of this book, they do get to know each other—rather better than either of them had anticipated or expected. In fact, during a flaming row over the advisability of new types of naval.
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