Weber's work ranges from epic fantasy ( Oath of Swords, The War God's Own) to breathtaking space opera ( Path of the Fury, The Armageddon Inheritance) to military science fiction with in-depth characterization (the awesomely popular Honor Harrington novels). Forester (celebrated creator of Captain Horatio Hornblower) for his novels of the exploits of starship commander Honor Harrington, the most recent of which was the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, and bestseller, Ashes of Victory. Granted, the decade has just begun, but David Weber shows all signs of being the science fiction phenomenon of the decade. If anyone can get him off Marduk alive, it's the Bronze Barbarians.Īssuming that Prince Roger manages to grow up before he gets all of them killed. Now all Roger has to do is hike halfway around the entire planet, then capture a spaceport from the Bad Guys, somehow commandeer a starship, and then go home to Mother for explanations.įortunately, Roger has an ace in the hole: Bravo Company of Bronze Battalion of The Empress' Own Regiment. Then Roger found himself shipwrecked on the planet Marduk, whose jungles were full of damnbeasts, killerpillars, carnivorous plants, torrential rain, and barbarian hordes with really bad dispositions.

Then warships of the Empire of Man's worst rivals shot the crippled vessel out of space. After all, what else did he have to do with his lifeīut that was before a saboteur tried to blow up his transport. It probably wasn't too surprising that someone in his position should react by becoming spoiled, self-centered, and petulant. Why wouldn't even his own mother, the Empress, explain why they didn't trust him Or why the very mention of his father's name was forbidden at Court Or why his mother had decided to pack him off to a backwater planet aboard what was little more than a tramp freighter to represent her at a local political event better suited to a third assistant undersecretary of state so why wouldn't anyone at Court trust him He was young, handsome, athletic, an excellent dresser, and third in line for the Throne of Man. Roger Ramius Sergei Chiang MacClintock didn't understand.

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