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    Cover of Honor Harrington

    Honor Harrington

    David Weber · 2003

    Manchmal ist es für Admiral Lady Dame Honor Harrington alles andere als leicht zu entscheiden, wer der Feind wirklich ist. Trotz politischer Gegener, beruflicher Eifersüchteleien und des Skandals, der sie ins Exil trieb, erhält sie eine Chance, wieder das Weltraumschwarz und Gold der Royal Manticorans Navy zu tragen und ihre Karriere in der Flotte ihrer Geburtswelt erneut aufzunehmen. Die Sache hat nur einen Haken. Wieder gewöhnlicher Captain, muß sie das Kommando über ein "Geschwader" aus aufgemotzten bewaffneten Handelsschiffen übernehmen, deren Besatzungen sich aus dem Bodensatz der Flotte rekrutieren. Ihr Auftrag: irgendwie die Raumpiraten zu stoppen, die sich den Krieg gegen Haven zunutze machen, um wie die Wölfe über die Handelsschiffe des Sternenkönigreichs herzufallen. Und Honor ist sorgsam für diese Mission ausgewählt worden - von zwei unversöhnlichen und sehr einflußreichen Erzfeinden. So wie diese es sehen, hält Honor entweder die Piraten auf, oder die Piraten töten Honor - wie es auch ausgeht, Honors Feinde gewinnen.

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    1. jimktrains2May 2021
      The Honor Harrington series by David Weber might be of interest. A lot of the strategy revolves around how hard patrolling, monitoring, and communicating (due to the time delay) in space is, and there is a good bit of politics as well.
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    2. inetknghtMay 2021
      > Honor Harrington series by David Weber

      It's literally my favorite science fiction. I also recommend purchasing and reading at least the first half of the series. The latter half of the series go into a lot more political fiction instead of science fiction but it's definitely worth reading if you like the political story that develops in the middle of the series.

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    3. dnnrlyJul 2018
      This is an excellent series that has suspense and yet easy to digest. If you like the military SF sub genre you should also look at the Honor Harrington series by David Weber followed by the Safehold series and the March To The Sea series. Actually most stuff by David Weber is pretty good.
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    4. HackOfAllTradesFeb 2014
      These days I seem to prefer extended series of books that develop a detailed alternate universe. Three truly excellent series (Author-Series-1st Book):

      Eric Flint - 1632 - "1632"

      David Weber - Honor Harrington - "On Basilisk Station"

      Stephen Brust - Vlad Taltos - "Taltos"

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    5. CodeMageSep 2012
      I'm surprised that in all this discussion nobody even mentioned David Weber's Honor Harrington series. He tries to make his space battles as realistic as possible.
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    6. SplinesDec 2011
      As mentioned in the post, David Weber's Honor Harrington series operates very much like this. I've read a few of them and enjoyed it. Nuances in space combat in his stories tend to be important.

      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Weber#Honor_Harrington_se...

      Also, it's worth watching this scene from Mass Effect 2. It's amusing :)

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GqqDCe4Yrs

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