A Call to Duty
$29.99
- Paperback
544 pages
- Release Date
9 January 2015
Summary
- Book #1 in Manticore Ascendant, a new series set in David Weber’sbest-selling Honorverse, from multiple New York Times best sellerDavid Weber and #1 New York Times best-selling author Timothy Zahn.
- Growing up, Travis Uriah Long yearned for order and discipline in hislife…the two things his neglectful mother couldn’t or wouldn’t provide. Sowhen Travis enlisted in the Royal Manticoran Navy, he thought he’d finally foundthe structure he’d always wanted so desperately. But life in the RMN isn’texactly what he expected. Boot camp is rough and frustrating; his first shipassignment lax and disorderly; and with the Star Kingdom of Manticore stillrecovering from a devastating plague, the Navy is possibly on the edge ofextinction; and the universe is not a safe place. Travis Long is about to findthat out.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781476780818 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1476780811 |
| Author: | Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. |
| Publisher: | Baen Books |
| Imprint: | Baen Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 544 |
| Release Date: | 9 January 2015 |
| Weight: | 408g |
| Dimensions: | 28mm x 155mm x 234mm |
| Series: | Manticore Ascendant |
| Audience Age: | 16 |
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With more than eight million copies of his books in print and 33 titles on the New York Times bestseller list, David Weber is a science fiction powerhouse. In the vastly popular Honor Harrington series, the spirit of C.S. Forester’s Horatio Hornblower and Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander lives on–into the galactic future. Books in the Honor Harrington and Honorverse series have appeared on 29 bestseller lists, including The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and USA Today. Additional Honorverse collaborations include the spin-off miniseries Manticore Ascendant with New York Times best-selling author, Timothy Zahn; and with Eric Flint, Crown of Slaves and Cauldron of Ghosts contribute to his illustrious list of New York Times and international bestseller lists.
Best known for his spirited, modern-minded space operas, Weber is also the creator of the Oath of Swords fantasy series and the Dahak saga, a science fiction and fantasy hybrid. Weber has also engaged in a steady stream of best-selling collaborations: the Starfire Series with Steve White; The Empire of Man Series with John Ringo; the Multiverse Series with Linda Evans and Joelle Presby; the Ring of Fire Series with Eric Flint; and the Gordian Division Series with Jacob Holo.
David Weber makes his home in South Carolina with his wife and children.
Timothy Zahn is a Hugo Award winner and the author of the New York Times #1 bestseller, Heir to the Empire, as well as the best-selling Star Wars: Thrawn series of novels. Born in Chicago, he earned a B.S. in physics from Michigan State University and an M.S. in physics from the University of Illinois. He sold his first story to Analog in 1978 and immediately attracted attention as a new writer of science fiction based on real, cutting-edge science. Baen published his popular Cobra trilogy in one volume. His other popular series include the Conqueror and Dragonback novels. With David Weber and Thomas Pope, he is the author of novels A Call to Duty, A Call to Arms, A Call to Vengeance, and A Call to Insurrection. Zahn has written more than 50 novels, including the recent Cobra Rebellion series entries Cobra Outlaw and Cobra Traitor. He is frequently a guest at comic cons and Star Wars events.
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