On Basilisk Station Second Edition

David Weber

2024. g. jūn. · Baen Books

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Having made him look a fool, she's been exiled to Basilisk Station in disgrace and set up for ruin by a superior who hates her.

Her demoralized crew blames her for their ship's humiliating posting to an out-of-the-way picket station.

The aborigines of the system's only habitable planet are smoking homicide-inducing hallucinogens.

Parliament isn't sure it wants to keep the place; the major local industry is smuggling; the merchant cartels want her head; the star-conquering, so-called "Republic" of Haven is Up To Something; and Honor Harrington has a single, over-age light cruiser with an armament that doesn't work to police the entire star system.

But the people out to get her have made one mistake. They've made her mad.

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A lifetime military history buff, <b>David Weber</b> has carried his interest in history into his fiction. In the <i>New York Times</i> best selling Honor Harrington series, the spirit of both C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower and history's Admiral Nelson are evident. With over five million copies of his books in print, David Weber is the fastest rising star in the Science Fiction universe. His Honor Harrington series boasts over 3 million copies in print, and Weber has had over thirteen of his titles on <i>The New York Times</i> Best Seller List. <i>War of Honor</i>, book 10 in the series appeared on over twelve Best Seller lists, including <i>The Wall Street Journal</i>, <i>The New York Times</i>, and <i>USA TODAY</i>.<br><br>While he is best known for his spirited, modern-minded space operas, he has also developed a fantasy series, of which two books have been published: <i>Oath of Swords</i> and <i>The War God's Own</i>. David's solo work also includes three novels of the "Dahak" series, and the stand alone novels: <i>Path of the Fury</i> and <i>The Excalibur Alternative</i>.<br><br>Weber's first published novels grew out of his work as a war game designer for the Task Force game Starfire. With collaborator Steve White, Weber has written four novels set in that universe:<i> Insurrection</i>, <i>Crusade</i>, <i>In Death Ground</i>, and <i>The Shiva Option</i>.<br><br>Recent bestsellers in planetary adventures also include the teamwork of John Ringo in the best selling Empire of Man series where the titles <i>March Upcountry</i>, <i>March to the Sea</i>, <i>March to the Stars</i> and <i>We Few</i> have made appearances on <i>The New York Times</i> List.<br><br>Weber's proliferation continues with author Eric Flint, where they joined forces in the Best Selling "Ring of Fire" alternate history series, for <i>1634: The Baltic War</i>, coming in May.<br><br>A popular guest at science fiction conventions, Weber makes his home in South Carolina with his wife Sharon, three children and a passel of dogs.