Toll of Honor by David Weber

Author:David Weber
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Science Fiction, Military, Space Opera, Action & Adventure
ISBN: 9781982193317
Google: n3EC0AEACAAJ
Amazon: B0CGVN4N9K
Publisher: Baen
Published: 2024-04-02T04:00:00+00:00

House of Lords

City of Landing

Planet of Manticore

Manticore Binary System

June 7, 1906 PD

“i don’t know if this was a good idea, Dad,” Michelle Henke said quietly as she and her father climbed out of the air limo on the House of Lords landing apron. A command tapped into her father’s uni-link sent the limo emblazoned with the Gold Peak coat of arms off to its assigned parking space, and he paused to straighten his tunic’s lapels before he looked at her.

“Frankly, it’s a terrible idea.” Edward Anson Winton-Henke, the Earl of Gold Peak, was equally quiet. “And Allen’s going to pitch three kinds of fit when he hears about it. Especially when he figures out what we—I—had to do with it.” His lips twitched briefly. “I can live with that. It’s where this is going to end for her that really worries me, sweetheart. In fact, it breaks my heart. But I couldn’t tell her no when she asked me to help.” He wrapped one arm around Michelle and smiled a crooked, bittersweet smile. “Got that problem with both my girls, really.”

Michelle blinked suddenly misty eyes and nodded. Her parents had regarded Honor Harrington as a second daughter ever since she and Michelle had roomed together at Saganami Island. In all that time, Honor had never once presumed upon her connection with the Queen of Manticore’s uncle or asked him for any sort of favor any more than she’d ever presumed upon the fact that Michelle Henke was Elizabeth’s cousin . . . and that Michelle herself stood fourth in succession for the crown.

Today she’d finally asked, and the potential consequences terrified Michelle. Not for herself, but for the closest friend she’d ever had.

“God, I wish someone could tell her no! That someone could convince her that if she keeps this up—”

“She knows all that, Mike,” her father interrupted. “Do you think for one second she doesn’t? This is Honor we’re talking about. She knows exactly what she’s doing, and, frankly, I don’t blame her one damned bit.” Gold Peak’s jaw clenched. “I’ve known the Youngs for decades. Dimitri Young was beneath contempt, and I’ve known Pavel was at least as bad as his father ever since that business with Honor at the Academy. But until he had Paul murdered, I hadn’t even begun to realize how far beneath it he truly is.”

Michelle’s face tightened. She and Paul Tankersley were—had been—almost exactly the same age, and they’d always been close, but in many ways, Paul had been even closer to her father than to her. He’d been the younger son of her father’s sister Frederica, and after Frederica’s husband Roland’s death, Edward Winton-Henke had taken over much of the father’s role in Paul’s life, as well. No wonder Paul’s death had hit them all with such brutal force, even when they’d believed the duel had arisen spontaneously. They still weren’t privy to Honor’s evidence that it hadn’t been a spontaneous quarrel, but none of them doubted that that evidence existed. She

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