In Enemy Hands

In Enemy Hands is a military science fiction novel, the seventh in the Honor Harrington series by David Weber.

Related Topics:
Military science fiction - Honor Harrington - David Weber

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As the story begins, Honor has just been promoted to Commodore, which means she will never command a starship again. Honor and Admiral Hamish Alexander realize they have feelings for each other they can never express: Hamish is her superior officer, and married. In an attempt to escape her own feelings, Honor goes with Alistair McKeon on a convoy escort mission, and falls into a trap set by Citizen Admiral Lester Tourville. They hold off the Havenites long enough for the transports to escape. Then, for the first time in her life, Honor surrenders.

Related Topics:
Commodore - Hamish Alexander - Alistair McKeon - Lester Tourville - Havenites

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At first, Honor and her officers are treated respectfully by Tourville and Admiral Thomas Theisman, who remember Honor's treatment of Havenite prisoners, and the Havenite officers plan to intern Harrington and her officers in a Navy-run POW camp instead of turning her to State Security. Unfortunately, everything crashes down when Cordelia Ransom, the People's Republic's Secretary for Public Information, intervenes and demands that the Manticorans be surrendered to her. Unable to face Ransom and her State Security goons, Admiral Theisman transfers Honor to Ransom's men and helplessly watches as StateSec troopers beat her.

Related Topics:
Thomas Theisman - Cordelia Ransom - People's Republic

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Honor, Alistair, Horace Harkness, and the rest of the crew are a held prisoner on the Havenite battlecruiser PNS Tepes. Tepes, which belongs to State Security and not to the Havenite Navy, is Ransom's personal flagship and is destined for the Havenite prison planet of Hades. Ransom intends to execute Honor for attacking and blowing up a Havenite Q-ship (the events of On Basilisk Station). The rest of the prisoners are sentenced to lifetime imprisonment on Hades. The journey towards Hades is marked by Honor's torture at the hands of StateSec and the general mistreatment of the other Manticoran prisoners.

Related Topics:
Horace Harkness - Havenite - Havenite Navy - Hades - On Basilisk Station

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Back home, Allison Chou Harrington is attempting to cure genetic diseases on Grayson, and the treecats attempt to set up their first off-planet colony. The Manticoran Admiralty is preparing their new weapons in the hope of ending the war.

Related Topics:
Allison Chou Harrington - Treecat - Manticoran

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Aided by the "betrayal" of Harkness, Honor and her crew escape fighting their way through Tepes and use a couple of pinnaces to escape the ship, which has been rigged to explode by Harkness. But despite their escape, they find themselves in a potentially worse situation. They are stranded on Cerberus III.

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