David Weber
1) In fury born
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Series
Publisher
Baen Publishing Enterprises
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Imperial Intelligence couldn't find them, the Imperial Fleet couldn't catch them, and local defenses couldn't stop them. It seemed the planet-wrecking pirates were invincible. But they made a big mistake when they raided ex-commando leader Alicia DeVries' quiet home work, tortured and murdered her family, and then left her for dead. Alicia decided to turn "pirate" herself, and stole a cutting-edge AI ship from the Empire to start her vendetta. Her...
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Safehold series volume 3
Language
English
Description
The Kingdom of Charis and the Kingdom of Chisholm have joined together, pledged to stand against the tyranny of a corrupt Church. The youthful Queen Sharleyan of Chisholm has wed King Cayleb of Charis, forging a single dynasty, a single empire, dedicated to the defense of human freedom. Yet there are things Sharleyan still does not know. Secrets Cayleb has not been permitted to share, even with her--and these secrets may threaten all they have achieved...
Author
Series
Safehold series volume 4
Language
English
Description
As a mighty fleet gathers to sail against Cayleb and the Charisian Empire, Merlin Athrawes and a handful of extraordinary humans stand in its path, ready for a battle that may hold the fate of Safehold, the last human planet, in the balance.
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Series
Publisher
Tor
Language
English
Description
A master sergeant prowling the back country of the Balkans and a firearms instructor and former Marine find themselves at the center of a growing network of resistance against an invading force of alien, carnivorous Shongari intent on annihilating the human race.
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Series
Publisher
Tor
Language
English
Description
"The Shongairi conquered Earth. In mere minutes, half the human race died, and its cities lay in shattered ruins. But the Shongairi didn't expect the survivors' tenacity. And, crucially, they didn't know that Earth harbored two species of intelligent, tool-using bipeds. One of them was us. The other, long-lived and lethal, was hiding in the mountains of eastern Europe, the subject of fantasy and legend. When they emerged and made alliance with humankind,...
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Series
Safehold series volume 7
Publisher
Tor Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"For centuries, the world of Safehold, last redoubt of the human race, lay under the unchallenged rule of the Church of God Awaiting. The Church permitted nothing new--no new inventions, no new understandings of the world. What no one knew was that the Church was an elaborate fraud--a high-tech system established by a rebel faction of Safehold's founders, meant to keep humanity hidden from the powerful alien race that had destroyed old Earth. Then...
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Series
Safehold series volume 5
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
David Weber's How Firm a Foundation is the latest novel in the -bestselling Safehold series begun with Off Armageddon Reef, By Schism Rent Asunder, By Heresies Distressed, and A Mighty Fortress.
The Charisian Empire, born in war, has always known it must fight for its very survival. What most of its subjects don't know even now, however, is how much more it's fighting for. Emperor Cayleb, Empress Sharleyan, Merlin Athrawes, and their innermost circle...
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Series
Safehold series volume 9
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
At the Sign of Triumph: David Weber's New York Times-bestselling Safehold series begun with Off Armageddon Reef, By Schism Rent Asunder, By Heresies Distressed, A Mighty Fortress and How Firm a Foundation.
The Church of God Awaiting's triumph over Charis was inevitable. Despite its prosperity, the Charis was a single, small island realm. It boasted less than two percent of the total population of Safehold. How could it possibly resist total destruction?...
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Series
Safehold series volume 10
Publisher
Tor Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Those on the side of progressing humanity through advanced technology have finally triumphed over their oppressors. The unholy war between the small but mighty island realm of Charis and the radical, luddite Church of God's Awaiting has come to an end. However, even though a provisional veil of peace has fallen over human colonies, many secrets of Safehold's past still remain unearthed. With new alliances forged and old regimes fracture, Merlin--the...
10) War of honor
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Series
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
No one wanted another war. Now that the fighting between the Star Kingdom and the Havenites had ended, the Andermani Emperor had his own plans for Silesia, and he was confident he and his people could achieve them without a war of their own.
11) 1633
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Series
Publisher
BAEN
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Best-selling author Eric Flint's 1632 showed listeners a fascinating alternate history of the Thirty Years' War through the eyes of a West Virginia community tossed back in time to 17th-century Germany. Here Flint teams up with acclaimed science fiction author David Weber to continue his epic tale. In 1633, the West Virginians attempt to use their modern-day knowledge to build a resistance against the forces of France, Spain, and England.
12) March upcountry
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Series
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
When his spaceship crashes en route to a ceremonial appearance on another boring planet, Roger MacClintock, a spoiled young prince, and his guardian Royal Marines must make a perilous trek across a planet whose jungles are filled with carnivorous plants, deadly predators, and enemy barbarians to seek safety.
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English
Description
When the Republic of Siddermark is threatened by wars triggered by the Charis kingdom's declaration of independence from the Church of God Awaiting, Vicar Clytahn, King Cayleb, Queen Sharleyan and Merlin Arthawes struggle to prevent widespread starvationwhile protecting their people from violent attacks.
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English
Description
Michelle Henke, Queen Elizabeth of Manticore's first cousin, Honor Harrington's best friend, and the commanding officer of Manticore's Tenth Fleet, is just a bit surprised when a messenger arrives from the Mobius System to inform her that the Mobius Liberation Front is prepared to rise in rebellion against the hated regime President Svein Lombroso. She can understand why anyone would want to rebel against someone like Lombroso, but why tell her about...
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Series
Safehold series volume 2
Publisher
TOR
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Despite the implacable hostility of the Church of God Awaiting, Charis still stands, still free, still tolerant, still an island of innovation in a world in which the Church has worked for centuries to keep humanity locked at a medieval level of existence. But the powerful men who run the Church aren't going to take their defeat lying down. Charis may control the world's seas, but it barely has an army worthy of the name. And as King Cayleb knows,...
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Publisher
Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"We've come a long way in the forty years since the Shongairi attacked Earth, killed half its people, and then were driven away by an alliance of humans with the other sentient bipeds who inhabit our planet. But it also transpires that the Shongairi expedition that nearly destroyed our home planet ... wasn't an official one. That, indeed, its commander may have been acting as an unwitting cats-paw for the Founders, the ancient alliance of very old,...
19) Flag in exile
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Series
Publisher
Baen
Pub. Date
1996, 1995.
Language
English
Description
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.
Author
Series
Publisher
Baen Publishing
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
It's hard to give peace a chance when the other side regards war a prelude to conquest, so the Kingdom of Manticore sends Honor Harrington to the planet Grayson to form an alliance against Haven. This doesn't seem the way to create a friendship as women on Grayson have no rank or rights, but then Haven attacks.