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FREE THE SHADOW OF SAGANAMI PDF David Weber | 960 pages | 16 Oct 2005 | Baen Books | 9781416509295 | English | Riverdale, United States The Shadow of Saganami (Saganami Island Series #1) by David Weber, Hardcover | Barnes & Noble® These hugely entertaining and clever adventures are the very epitome of space opera, but their emphasis on one officer's contribution tends to give a lopsided view of how a military The Shadow of Saganami fights. In his rousin. In his rousing second Honorverse novel after 's Crown of Slavescoauthored with Eric FlintWeber focuses on how each member of a unit contributes to the mission's success through teamwork, discipline and individual initiative. A scratch task force is dispatched to a series of fringe systems that have petitioned to join the Manticoran Space Nation. What is supposed to be a relatively easy assignment to a sector far from the front lines of the renewed Havenite War is soon complicated both by terrorists who oppose the annexation and by corrupt elements of the Solarian League—the major The Shadow of Saganami in Weber's universe—who don't want the stiff- necked Manties sniffing around their highly illegal and lucrative genetic slave trade. Weber emphasizes the role that tradition plays in inspiring The Shadow of Saganami lads and lasses in uniform, reminding the reader that a hero can be anyone who does his or her job with honor, commitment and skill. All rights reserved. The Star Kingdom has a new generation of officers! And this elite group hand-picked and trained by Honor Harrington herself is going to be needed immediately, as their first assignment turns out to be more dangerous than anyone expected. What was supposed to be a quiet outpost, far from the blazing conflict between the Star Kingdom of Manticore and the People's Republic of Haven has actually been targeted by an unholy alliance between the slaveholders of Manpower, the rival star kingdoms of Mesa and Monica, and the bureaucrats of the Solarian League. The alliance stands to benefit if the Havenites defeat Manticore, and are preparing for a surprise The Shadow of Saganami from the rear to divide Manticore's forces, which are already strained nearly to their limits. With their captain, the young Manticoran officers will risk their careers, if not their lives, on an unauthorized mission to expose and counter the threat to their Star Kingdom. Follow their journey as they show what they're made of. New York Times best-selling author David Weber begins a new series that will be a must-buy for the hundreds of thousands of Honor Harrington fans. 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 rating book. Refresh and try again. Open The Shadow of Saganami See a Problem? Details if The Shadow of Saganami :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. What was supposed to be a quiet outpost, far from the blazing conflict between the Star Kingdom of Manticore and the People's The Shadow of Saganami of The Star Kingdom has a new generation of officers! Follow their journey as they show what they're made of as New York Times best-selling author David Weber begins a new series that will be a must for the hundreds of thousands of Honor Harrington fans. Get A Copy. Hardcoverpages. More Details Original Title. Honorverse: Saganami Island 1Honorverse. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Shadow of Saganamiplease sign up. Be The Shadow of Saganami first to ask a question about The Shadow of Saganami. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jun 04, Chuck rated it really liked The Shadow of Saganami. My reason for doing so is that I read them out of order before, and I wanted to re read them in order to get a sense of the continuity of the story. For the most part, I appreciated them more the second time around, although my objections to some of the ones toward the end of the series wasn't fundamentally changed. I do have to say that this doesn't The Shadow of Saganami to 'Storm From the Shadows,' which I disliked. I also have to add that Parker, my second son, tells me that I'm flat out wrong. All that being said, I had missed 'Shadow of Saganami. Its cover does say it's a 'New Series. However, this series does introduce major incidents that are part of the "main" series and its characters appear in the main series. So, after having reread ALL of the Honor books twice, I realized I really had to read the Saganami books to understand the whole series. It's excellent; the idea of following the fate of a group of cadets works very well as The Shadow of Saganami dramatic device. The book also introduces another captain, Aivers Terekok, who is as good a strategist as Honor Harrington but who is also an interesting, complex, somewhat damaged person. Very, very well done. Plus, since Honor has become the The Shadow of Saganami of a four or five star Admiral, she's lost the ability to command a solo ship on her own Admirals don't do such things. While this is believable because competent admirals do "move up," Honors believable growth as a character has hampered the series ironic, but true. The introduction of Terekov allows Weber to reintroduce some good butt kicking space opera to one of his major characters. Good stuff. Nov 23, Oni rated it really liked it Shelves: science-fictionspace-opera. This novel is another spin-of from the Honor Harrington series. It is telling the story of the new cadets of the Royal Manticoran Navy in their first cruise. All of them are expected to follow the example of Edward Saganami, the name inscribed in their academy. The story has the same feel as the original series, even without seeing Honor Harrington in the center of the action. Maybe it is not so surprising because it is indeed written by David Weber himself unlike the Torch series which is the c This novel is another spin- of from the Honor Harrington series. Maybe it is not so surprising because it is indeed The Shadow of Saganami by David Weber himself unlike the Torch series The Shadow of Saganami is the collaboration between David Weber and Eric Flint, which gives a different taste. As you can expect from a decent Honor Harrington series, the novel included lots of political intrigue; this time it is about international diplomacy. The entire events is initiated by the discovery of Lynx terminus, linking the Manticoran system with the Talbot Cluster. What supposed to be an easy assignment unexpectedly turned into a major interstellar incident. All of these will test whether he and his entire crew is actually following the shadow of Edward Saganami or not. The naval battle, as always, is as brutal as it can be. The enemy is cunning, ruthless, and unpredictable. The homefront is also not as helpful as it can be, being crippled by the previous idiot Highridge government. It is going to be an ultimate test of skill, technology and especially the human spirit. It is a thoroughly The Shadow of Saganami reading, from the beginning to the end, especially when you are The Shadow of Saganami a fan of Honor Harrington series. If your are not, it does not hurt also, because this book is the first book a new series. Knowing the Honorverse is of course helpful, especially to catch up The Shadow of Saganami the basic The Shadow of Saganami, but even if you don't, you can always check on the glossary in the Internet. Jan 03, Dan rated it it was amazing Shelves: Quite good! Jun 29, Steve Pierce rated it really liked it. Loved it. I can see this spinoff of the main series really going somewhere. Well worth reading. Jul 16, Annette rated it it was ok Shelves: sci-fi. Must be in a bad mood tonight because this is the second book I've given a mere two stars, and it too isn't Actually poorly written, nor does it suffer major plot holes, awkward dialog, or any of the other major deficiencies of most books I rate so harshly. IMHO "Saganami" should be read first: it does not contain spoilers for "All Costs," while the reverse is not Must The Shadow of Saganami in a bad mood tonight because this is the second book I've given a mere two stars, and it too isn't Actually poorly written, nor does it suffer major plot holes, awkward dialog, or any of the other major deficiencies of most books I rate so harshly. Also, Crown of Slaves should apparently be read before either one: Weber was actually compelled to give a plot synopsis of it via a character in "Saganami! I am probably in serious Weber overdose, 'cause this is hardly a new problem of his, but this one really took Work to get into: hundreds of pages before the plot started happening instead of just getting carefully, painstakingly, Boringly The Shadow of Saganami up. Yeah, it paid off in the end with one of his signature battle scenes: in The Shadow of Saganami face of terrible odds, terrific bravery, honor, and better tech wins the day. And as much as I can get bored, I do actually enjoy his little essays on comparative governments - it's amusing and even a little convicting to read between the lines when he's describing a system that obviously shares roots with our own.

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