It's hard to give peace a chance when the other side regards war as the necessary prelude to conquest, and a sneak attack as the best means to that end. That's why the Kingdom of Manticore needs allies against the so-called "Republic" of Havenâ??and the planet Grayson is just the right strategic place to make a very good ally indeed. But Her Majesty's Foreign Office had overlooked a "minor cultural difference" when they chose Honor Harrington to carry the flag: women on the planet Grayson are without rank or rights; Honor's very presence is an intolerable affront to every male on the planet.
At first Honor doesn't take it personally; where she comes from gender discrimination is barely a historical memory, right up there in significance to fear of the left-handed. But in time such treatment as she receives from the Graysonites does become wearing, and Honor would withdraw if she couldâ??but then Grayson's fratricidal sister planet attacks without warning and she must stay and prevail, not just for Honor's honor, but for her sovereign's, forâ??THE HONOR OF THE QUEEN.
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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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And if I've learned one thing over the years, it's that when it comes down to raw emotion against reason, emotion wins.
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"Rise, Dame Honor," he said softly, "and may your future actions as faithfully uphold the honor of the Queen as your past."
It's hard to give peace a chance when the other side regards war as the necessary prelude to conquest, and a sneak attack as the best means to that end. That's why the Kingdom of Manticore needs allies against the so-called "Republic" of Havenâ??and the planet Grayson is just the right strategic place to make a very good ally indeed. But Her Majesty's Foreign Office had overlooked a "minor cultural difference" when they chose Honor Harrington to carry the flag: women on the planet Grayson are without rank or rights; Honor's very presence is an intolerable affront to every male on the planet.
At first Honor doesn't take it personally; where she comes from gender discrimination is barely a historical memory, right up there in significance to fear of the left-handed. But in time such treatment as she receives from the Graysonites does become wearing, and Honor would withdraw if she couldâ??but then Grayson's fratricidal sister planet attacks without warning and she must stay and prevail, not just for Honor's honor, but for her sovereign's, forâ??THE HONOR OF THE QUEEN.
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Mais peut-être la Flotte royale manticorienne a-t-elle commis une erreur en la nommant à la tête de l'escorte militaire : les Graysoniens, qui n'accordent aucun droit aux femmes, semblent le prendre comme un affront personnel. Et Honor a le sang chaud...
Marine de l'espace, combats dans les étoiles... la saga d'Honor Harrington est l'équivalent moderne des romans d'aventures maritimes, cycle de space operas d'une haute cohérence technologique.