To End in Fire (Crown of Slaves)

THE CROWN OF SLAVES SAGA CONTINUES. ADVENTURE AND INTRIGUE IN THE STAR KINGDOM FROM NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHORS DAVID WEBER AND ERIC FLINT. The Solarian League lies in defeat crushed by the Grand Alliance of Manticore Haven and Grayson. Obedient to the Alliances surrender demands the League is writing a new Constitution to prevent the reemergence of out-of-control bureaucrats like the "Mandarins" who led it to disaster. Frontier Security has been disbanded the Outworlds have regained control of their own economic destinies and multiple star systems will soon secede from the League entirely. Yet the League isand will remainthe largest most economically powerful human star nation in existence and despite the overwhelming evidence that their unelected political leaders were the driving force behind the war many League citizens deeply resent the fashion in which their star nationthe Solarian Leaguehas been humbled. And those who most resent the Grand Alliance continue to blame Manticore for the nuclear bombardment of the planet Mesa after its surrender. They refuse to accept that the Leagueand the members of the Grand Alliancecould have been manipulated by a deeply hidden interstellar conspiracy called the Mesan Alignment. The Alignment is only an invention of the Grand Alliance no more than a mask a cover for its own horrific Eridani Violations. Those Solarians will never accept the "war guilt" of the League because they know the Grand Alliance was just as bad. Because they deeply resent the way in which the Grand Alliance pretends to be the innocent "good guys." And in the fullness of time those Solarians will seek vengeance upon their enemies. Not all Solarians feel that way but even some of those who accept that there was an interstellar conspiracy cherish doubts about its origins. But it is still out there and now defeated Solarians and agents of the victorious Alliance must join forces to find it. Even if they dont believe in it it believes in them. They must find it and identify it to prove to revanchist Solarians that there was a conspiracy. And they must find it and destroy it to end its evilonce and for all! The Crown of Slaves Saga: Crown of Slaves Torch of Freedom Cauldron of Ghosts To End in Fire About the Crown of Slaves Saga: Fans of Webers Honor Harrington series . . . will be delighted with this offshoot in which he and coauthor Flint develop several situations and characters from other stories. . . . This outstanding effort transcends the label space opera and truly is a novel of ideas.Publishers Weekly About David Weber: A balanced mix of interstellar intrigue counterespionage and epic fleet action . . . with all the hard- and software details and tactical proficiency that Weber delivers like no one else; along with a large cast of well-developed believable characters giving each clash of fleets emotional weight.Booklist Moves . . . as inexorably as the Star Kingdoms Grand Fleet commanded by series protagonist Honor Harrington. . . . Weber is the Tom Clancy of science fiction. . . . His fans will relish this latest installment.Publishers Weekly This entry is just as exciting as Webers initial offering. . . . The result is a fast-paced and action-packed story that follows our characters as they move from reaction to command of the situation. Weber builds Shadow of Freedom to an exciting and unexpected climax.The Galveston County Daily News 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 This latest Honor Harrington novel brings the saga to another crucial turning point. . . . Readers may feel confident that they will be Honored many more times and enjoy it every time.Booklist About Eric Flint: This alternate history series is . . . a landmark . . . Booklist Eric Flints 1632 universe seems to be inspiring a whole new crop of gifted alternate historians.Booklist Reads like a technothriller set in the age of the Medicis . . . Publishers Weekly