A Call to Insurrection (Manticore Ascendant)

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Book four in the nationallybest-selling Manticore Ascendant series set in the world of David Webers multiple New York Times best-selling Honorverse series. Yesterday the Star Kingdom of Manticore was a small unimportant interstellar backwater. A quiet little star nation only recently recovered from the devastating blow of the Plague Years. More affluent than some perhaps but with little to attract trade or interstellar commerce it had little need for a navy . . . and even less interest in paying for one. But Manticore has now become a target. The Star Kingdom isnt certain who is attacking it or why or what its mysterious foe can possibly want but Queen Elizabeth I knows she has to find out. And she knows that whatever some of her subjects think Manticore does need a navy. And it needs allies friends like the dynamic Republic of Haven and the Andermani Empire. It needs their trade . . . and to learn from their more experienced and powerful navies. It is the job of officers like Travis Long and his wife Lisa to acquire that experience. Of utterly inexperienced diplomats like Traviss brother Gavin Earl Winterfall to build those alliances. They have been sent to the powerful Andermani Empire to do just that for the Imperial Navy is one of the most potent and experienced fleets in the galaxy. But the Andermani have problems of their own. Their Emperors death is the trigger for insurrection and now that powerful and experienced navy is locked in civil war. The Manticoran visitors find themselves squarely in the path of the storm and before Travis Lisa and Gavin can accomplish anything else they first have to survive. Praise for A Call to Arms: The plotting is as solid as ever with smaller scenes building to an explosive action-packed crescendo and the authors strike a nice balance between technical details of space flight and the human cost of war. Publishers Weekly Praise for prequel A Call to Duty: This exciting book marks the first collaboration of two powerhouses . . . fans of both writers should be quite pleased with the result. Like Robert A. Heinlein and Orson Scott Card Weber and Zahn are telling a story about a teenage character but writing for readers of all ages. Booklist A new series set in the universe of Webers popular heroine Honor Harrington gets off to a solid start. . . . Cowriters Zahn and Weber do an excellent job alluding to events known to longtime fans. . . . This astronautical adventure is filled with . . . intrigue and political drama. Publishers Weekly Praise for the Honor Harrington series: Weber combines realistic engaging characters with intelligent technological projection and a deep understanding of military bureaucracy in this long-awaited Honor Harrington novel . . . Fans of this venerable space opera will rejoice to see Honor back in action. Publishers Weekly . . . everything you could want in a heroine. . . . Excellent . . . plenty of action. Science Fiction Age Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant! Anne McCaffrey Compelling combat combined with engaging characters for a great space opera adventure. Locus Weber combines realistic engaging characters with intelligent technological projection . . . Fans of this venerable space opera will rejoice . . . Publishers Weekly Praise for Timothy Zahn: Zahn keeps the story moving at a breakneck pace maintaining excitement. Publishers Weekly You can count on Timothy Zahn for three things: clean sparse prose; good pacing; and great action scenes. The first book in the Cobra War series hits all those marks in admirable style and makes for a quick entertaining sci-fi novel. Blogcritics Conquerors Heritage is another finely wrought space adventure . . . with social political and emotional complications all of which Zahn treats with his usual skill. Booklist Zahn paints every detail in Angelmass with gleamy realism . . . scientific dialogue that streams with starship hardware and military trooper talk . . . immensely appealing. Kirkus Review