Flag in Exile (Honor Harrington)

EDITORIAL REVIEW: Struggling to deal with her lover's murder and a forced retirement, Captain Honor Harrington assumes the role of Steadholder on the planet Grayson, but a threatening uprising calls her back into duty as head of the Grayson Navy. Originally in paperback.

hounded Into Retirement And Disgrace By Political Enemies, Cut To The Heart By The Murder Of The Man She Loved, And Bereft Of Confidence In Herself And Her Abilities, Captain Honor Harrington Has Retreated To The Planet Grayson To Take Up Her Role As Steadholder While She Tries To Heal Her Bitter Wounds.
but The People's Republic Of Haven Is Rising From Defeat To Threaten Grayson Anew, And The Newborn Grayson Navy Needs Her Experience Desperately. It's A Call Honor Cannot Refuse, Yet Even As She Once More Accepts The Duty Whose Challenges She Fears She Can No Longer Meet, Powerful Men Who Hate And Fear The Changes She's Brought To Their World Are Determined To Reverse Them. They Have A Plan ... And For It To Succeed Honor Harrington Must Die.
two Irresistible Forces Are Rushing Together To Crush Grayson Between Them, And Only One Woman Uncertain Of Her Capabilities, Weary Unto Death, And Marked For Murder-stands Between Her Adopted Planet And Its Devastation.

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here Comes Honor Harrington Again, And Her Entire Crew Of Fans Will Man The Yards To Cheer. In Her Fifth Adventure, She Is Trying To Overcome Self-doubts About Her Competence, Grief Over Her Lover's Murder (despite Having Splendidly Avenged It), And The Barriers To A Woman's Being An Effective Feudal Ruler On The Fiercely Patriarchal Planet Of Grayson. She Is Making Headway When A Havenite Fleet Shows Up, Bent On The Destruction Of Grayson, And She Must Go Back Into Space As An Admiral While Her Enemies Resort To Open Treachery And Murder In Trying To Bring Her Down. Honor Triumphs Again, But With A Believable Amount Of Difficulty; She Is Growing Into One Of The More Complex Protagonists In Military Sf. Meanwhile, Her Fandom Will Continue To Fall In Love With Nimitz, The Empathic Treecat, And Admire Weber's Sheer Ingenuity In So Many Aspects Of Creating Honor's Universe.

ADMIRAL OF THE GREEN Hamish Alexander, Thirteenth Earl of White Haven, sat on HMS Queen Caitrin's flag deck and gazed into his display.