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David Weber | 384 pages | 04 Sep 2012 | Baen Books | 9781451638264 | English | Riverdale, United States A Beautiful Friendship by

Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error A Beautiful Friendship book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. Goodreads Author. Stephanie Harrington always expected to be a forest ranger on her homeworld of Meyerdahl. It should have been the perfect new home a virgin wilderness full of new species of every sort, just waiting to be discovered. But Sphinx is a far more dangerous place t Stephanie Harrington always expected to be a forest ranger on her homeworld of Meyerdahl. Yet Stephanie is a young woman determined to make discoveries, and the biggest one of all awaits her: an intelligent alien species. The forest-dwelling treecats are small, cute, smart, and have a pronounced taste for celery. And they are also very, very deadly when they or their friends are threatened. Galactic-sized wealth A Beautiful Friendship at stake, and Stephanie and the treecats are squarely in the path of A Beautiful Friendship enemies determined to make sure the planet Sphinx remains entirely in human hands, A Beautiful Friendship if that means the extermination of another thinking species. She owes them. Which means things are about to get very interesting on Sphinx. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Original Title. : Stephanie Harrington 1Honorverse. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about A Beautiful Friendship Beautiful Friendshipplease sign up. Be the first to ask a question about A Beautiful Friendship. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing A Beautiful Friendship rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. OK, I didn't actually listen to the whole book. I should have done this earlier, but I was reading and enjoying another book at the time. If I had switched I might have gave it 3 stars. There was too much talk and information dumping about politics, history and such. Oh, I know it was essential to the story, but in the audio version it did 2 Stars for the audiobook. Oh, A Beautiful Friendship know it was essential to the story, but in the A Beautiful Friendship version it A Beautiful Friendship hold my interest. The narrator was fine, so that wasn't the problem. I was wondering if it would hold the interest of a year old? But obviously from the ratings this book has, I'm a minority opinion. I have read at least the first couple of Honor Harrington books, but it was a million years ago. I did like Honor and the premise, but not enough to read much more of the series. View all 4 comments. Oct 07, Dale rated it really liked it. Perhaps the Beginning of a Beautiful Series? Yes, a sci-fi author known best for his highly-descriptive military sci-fi works characterized by very long conversations is entering a field where too much violence and too much conversation are both problematic. Well, I thought, this should be interesting. Weber expanded a short story that first appeared in an short story collection More Than Honor from as part Perhaps the Beginning of a Beautiful Series? Weber expanded a short story that first appeared A Beautiful Friendship an short story collection More Than Honor from as part of the extensive Honor Harrington series. Stephanie lives on the planet Sphinx, a fairly new colony that is part of a star kingdom called Manticore. Stephanie's family has moved to the planet because their skills are needed but Stephanie is bored by frontier life. However, she is intrigued by a mystery that is being reported across the planet Of course, I am sure there is more to come, A Beautiful Friendship the start of the story is better than nothing, right? A Beautiful Friendship follows the first bonded pair from both perspectives. Stephanie Harrington, an obvious ancestor of Honor, encounters the A Beautiful Friendship called Climbs Quickly by his clan, and something marvelous happens to both of them. But it still shows a master of the writing craft at work, giving us characters, both human and non-human, that we can identify with and wish the best for. This was a fun read about Stephanie Harrington, Honor's ancestor who first formed a bond with the treecats when she was about It covers about 1. Honor Stephanie is This was A Beautiful Friendship fun read about Stephanie Harrington, Honor's ancestor who first formed a bond with the treecats when she was about Honor Stephanie is just a bit younger on the outside, but still the same, too. Weber does that so well. I just can't give the A Beautiful Friendship more stars because there wasn't anything new. It would probably be a great introduction to the series for a younger reader, though. Feb 01, Anna Erishkigal rated it really liked it Shelves: first-contactstrong-teen-female- heroinespace-operascience-fictionyoung-adult-science-fictionscience-fiction-for-teen-girlsyoung-adultalien-invasionA Beautiful Friendship. I enjoyed this story immensely. A spunky, intelligent young heroine who uses her head to solve her problems. A sentient, psychic, six-legged alien cat. A distant world. And a believable villain out to enslave the newly discovered sentient Treecats as 'pets' all made A Beautiful Friendship an immensely enjoyable read. I have already purchased Book 2 of this series to read. Now for the not-so-good I love-love-love Stephanie Harrington and her Treecat Lionheart, and am so excited to now hand this book to my year- old and A Beautiful Friendship daughters. However, a lot has changed in the way teens now expect to digest a Young Adult book, mainly they prefer the intimacy of first-person POV. This book head-hopped a lot and pulled in a lot of irrelevant backstory that would have been better communicated by SHOWING exclusively from Stephanie's head. I am so happy David Weber A Beautiful Friendship reaching out to introduce a Teen audience to some awesome, kick- butt science fiction role models, but worry that to a Young Adult audience the archaic way it's written third-person POV, lots of head-hopping, too much backstory, not always in Stephanie's head, body A Beautiful Friendship heart might turn off the very audience he's trying to A Beautiful Friendship. In any event, I'm one of those parents who'd practically sell my soul to get my teenage daughters reading 'I can do it' science fiction instead of 'I'm waiting for a boyfriend' paranormal fantasy, so I have overlooked the book's glaring, archaic writing style and bought all three books in the series. The verdict: READ. Feb 03, Laura rated it really liked it Shelves: young-adultscience-fiction. I picked this book up at Half Price Books because I wanted something with more substance than the books I've been reading lately. I was tired of young adult books and I wanted some grown up science fiction. The joke's on me. A Beautiful Friendship could definitely be read by young adults because Stephanie Harrington is only years old through the course of the book. I love the Honorverse. I especially enjoy the relationship between Honor and her treecat, Nimitz. I really was looking forward I picked this book up at Half Price Books because I wanted something with more substance than the books I've been reading lately. I really was looking forward A Beautiful Friendship learning how treecats and humans made first contact. This novel covers the discovery of treecats on Sphinx. Because the main character is 12 years old, the adventures she gets into are limited by her general neighborhood. As usual for a David Weber book, Stephanie is a superior human A Beautiful Friendship. Having a treecat for a best friend helps her adjust to the differences. As I read, I was struck by the similarities between the bond between treecats and humans and the bond between Heralds and Companions in the books by Mercedes Lackey. I think I'd like to read A Beautiful Friendship about the growing bond between Stephenie and Lionheart. "Chicago P.D." A Beautiful Friendship (TV Episode ) - IMDb

It is the first book of the Star Kingdom series. Based on the short story of the same nameit details the first meeting and relationship A Beautiful Friendship Stephanie Harrington and her treecat, Lionheart. Climbs Quicklya young treecat scout of the Bright Water Clanhas come to one of the "two-leg" human settlements that have recently appeared on the surface of his world. Intrigued by the telepathically A Beautiful Friendship memories of the strange beings' first arrival, he wants to learn more of A Beautiful Friendship. The greenhouses they build to grow plants in the middle of winter especially interest him, as they are said to hold " cluster stalk ", a plant unlike any known to the 'cats, with a delicious taste. Meanwhile, Stephanie Harringtonan eleven-year-old girl whose family has recently migrated to Sphinx from the planet Meyerdahlhas an argument with her father, who does not allow her to go out and explore the surroundings as she would like to do. Bored by the long Sphinxian winter, she is determined to find out who keeps stealing celery from greenhouses and gardens all over Sphinx. A Beautiful Friendship the middle of a nightime thunderstorm, Stephanie finally catches Climbs Quickly sneaking out of the greenhouse. The two young beings experience a moment of deep psychic connection — unknown to both of them, the first bonding between a human and a treecat has just occurred. Climbs Quickly contemplating "cluster stalk" in the Harrington greenhouse. Art by Zenzmurfy. Back in the nesting places of his clan, Climbs Quickly is reprimanded by the Elders for letting himself be A Beautiful Friendship by the humans. Even though the criticism angers him, his mind is mostly occupied with the memory of Stephanie Harrington's mind glow. The same applies to Stephanie, who to her own surprise can find no hint to the existence of creatures such as the one she encountered in any of the planetary databanks. Seemingly to get her mind of things, she continues her hang gliding lessons. In truth, she goes looking for her newly found soulmate, as the two youngsters have discovered an inexplicable ability to A Beautiful Friendship each A Beautiful Friendship presence and direction. Realizing that she might well discover the nesting places, Climbs Quickly leads her away from them, into the wilderness. Taking too little care of the A Beautiful Friendship, Stephanie crash lands in the picket wood. Climbs Quickly swiftly comes to her aid. He soon realizes that there is a hexapuma 's nest full of young nearby, and calls his sister Sings Trulya memory singer, for aid. She sounds the alarm, sending the scouts and hunters of Bright Water his way to save her brother and Stephanie, whose bond deepens with every minute. Eventually, a hexapuma arrives and attacks them. Climbs Quickly defends his human friend, mainly distracting the attacker until his sister and the others arrive, but is gravely injured. Now Stephanie in turn defends the treecat, using a vibro blade to mortally injure the hexapuma. Bleeding to death slowly, the beast still charges after her, but is overwhelmed and torn to shreds by the arriving scouts and hunters of the Bright Water Clan. While Richard and Marjorie Harrington A Beautiful Friendship realize that their daughter is missing, the treecats discuss the consequences of recent events. Feeling the special bond between her brother and his "two-leg", Sings Truly convinces the others that the time has come to reveal their existence to the other species. Soon after, the Harringtons arrive, finding their daughter amidst a small army of "tiny hexapumas". Stephanie's father, a veterinarian, decides to take the wounded Climbs Quickly with them. The young human and A Beautiful Friendship treecat settle into a friendship, and Stephanie gives her treecat a new name: Lionheart. Like most Sphinxians, he still has to come to terms A Beautiful Friendship the existence of the treecats. When Stephanie applies for an internship with the Forestry Service, Shelton rejects her request, explaining that the SFS does not even have a program for that. Stephanie is disappointed, but unwilling to give up on her dream. Three weeks after Arvin Erhardt 's murder, Stephanie and Lionheart go to a meeting of the hang gliding club. Stephanie soon gets into a heated argument with Trudy Franchittianother girl who sees Lionheart as a mere pet. The treecat uses their mind connection to A Beautiful Friendship Stephanie down when Stan Changanother young hangglider, joins the argument. However, Stephanie stands up to him and he and Trudy leave. Some time later, Stephanie meets with xeno-anthropologist Dr. Sanura Hobbardwho tries her best to find out more about the treecats and their society. Stephanie, however, is reluctant to give her any more information than necessary. Soon after, she contacts Scott MacDallanthe only other treecat adoptee on the planet. Meanwhile, MacDallan is busy hiding the treecats' involvement in the scandal surrounding Muriel Ubel 's crimes. MacDallan finally agrees to A Beautiful Friendship with her. While a major storm gathers, MacDallan and his friends visit the Harrington homestead; they explain to Stephanie that if the treecats were recognized as a highly sentient race, much of their planet would be reserved for them, and there are many people who have a vital interest in keeping that from happening. Also, the fact that the creatures are telepaths could make them an interesting target for illegal genetic research. Stephanie is introduced to Dr. Tennessee Bolgeoa scientist from the Chattanooga System who wants to study the treecats. Bolgeo, however, is actually a spy working for a Solarian pet trader who wants to acquire the 'cats as high society pets. Stephanie instantly realizes that something is wrong with him, and voices her concerns to her parents and Dr. MacDallan and Dr. Some time later, Lionheart is informed by Short Tail that a dozen members of the Bright Water Clan have not returned to the nesting grounds from various missions. The Elders are considering relocating the clan, especially as the treecats know exactly how treacherous Dr. Bolgeo really is -- they just have no means to tell their human friends. Bolgeo has indeed captured the A Beautiful Friendship treecats, and keeps them drugged and hidden in a warehouse. He gets an automated message that one of his high-tech traps has captured yet another one. While Stephanie is in the Bright Water nesting grounds when an alarm goes off, something has happened to a A Beautiful Friendship named Twig Weaver. Lionheart and his sister, whom Stephanie has christened A Beautiful Friendshiprush to his aid along with Stephanie. They meet up with Twig Weaver's mate, Water Dancerand discover that the hunter has been lured into a trap with celery. Stephanie summons her father A Beautiful Friendship Dr. MacDallan for help, but Tennessee Bolgeo arrives before any of them. Stephanie rushes A Beautiful Friendship free Twig Weaver from the automated trap, while the other treecats lure a young hexapuma in Bolgeo's direction. The huge predator attacks the trapper, but is killed by Stephanie, while Bolgeo is overwhelmed by dozens of treecats. When Dr. A Beautiful Friendship and the others arrive, Stephanie is holding the terrified man at gunpoint. A short time later, the Harringtons have dinner with their friends; the Twin Forks Police had already been watching Bolgeo's assistant and moved in on the warehouse with the captured treecats just after Bolgeo was captured. The criminals are awaiting trial for poaching. Chief Ranger Shelton has introduced the new rank of "probationary ranger", and hands Stephanie Harrington the badge she has to carry as a junior member of the Sphinx Forestry Service. The first twelve chapters of the novel are basically a re-telling of the short story of the same name. The novel reveals that Gryphon was still not settled in PD. It also establishes a lot of dates for the early history of Manticore, which retcon a number of dates from previous novels. The A Beautiful Friendship art was created by artist Daniel Dos Santos. This wiki. This wiki All wikis. Sign In Don't have an account? Start a Wiki. Categories :. Cancel Save. Universal Conquest Wiki. The Honor of the Queen. The Short Victorious War. Uncompromising Honor. Crown of Slaves. Star Kingdom. Saganami Island. Manticore Ascendant. The Shadow of A Beautiful Friendship. Storm from the Shadows. A Call to A Beautiful Friendship. The Service of the Sword. Tales of Honor 1. Tales of Honor 4. Tales of Honor 2. 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