Beginnings

A collection of tales set in the Honor Harrington universe includes contributions by such best-selling authors as Timothy Zahn, Charles E. Gannon and Joelle Presby and is complemented by a new novella by David Weber featuring a young Manticoran Royal Navy commander. 30,000 first printing.

Withover seven and a half million copies of his books in print and seventeen titleson the New York Times bestseller list, David Weber is the sciencefiction publishing phenomenon of the new millennium. In the hugely popularHonor Harrington series, the spirit of C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower andPatrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander lives on–into the galacticfuture. Books in the Honor Harrington and Honoverse series have appeared onfourteen best seller lists, including those of The Wall Street Journal, TheNew York Times, and USA Today. While Weber is best known for hisspirited, modern-minded space operas, he is also the creator of the Oath ofSwords fantasy series and the Dahak science fiction saga. Weber has alsoengaged in a steady stream of bestselling collaborations, including hisStarfire series with Steve White, which produced the New York Times bestsellerThe Shiva Option among others. Weber’s collaboration withalternate history master Eric Flint led to the bestselling 1634: The BalticWar, and his planetary adventure novels with military science fiction aceand multiple national best-seller John Ringo includes the blockbusters Marchto the Stars and We Few. Finally, Weber’s teaming with Linda Evansproduced the bestselling Multiverse series. David Weber makes his homein South Carolina with his wife and children.