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The books do vary in quality unfortunately but I thought they were generally good. What was Lost Fleet about othern than naval engagements?

The early ones are decent stand alones but the farther you are, the more important it is that you understand the stories. The book list is:

1. On Basilisk Station
2. Honor of the Queen
3. The Short Victorious War
4. Field of Dishonor
5. Flag in Exile
6. Honor Amony Enemies
7. In Enemy Hands
8. Echoes of Honor
9. Ashes of Citory
10. War of Honor
11. At All Costs

Spin-offs
1. Anthologies of short stories (by many authors)
-More Than Honor
-Worlds of Honor
-Changer of Worlds
-The Service of the Sword

2. Side series #1
-The Shadow of Saganami
3. Side series #2
-Crown of Slaves

The main series has a lot of great space battles (the farther into the series, generally the more ships per battle). The short story anthologies are great if you are interested in the main series as it fills in the background as well as telling some hilarious and heart-breaking stories. And the side series are decent but only if you liked the main series.

As for the main series, the later books begin dealing with a lot of political maneuvering/intrigue which is interesting if you can read through it but can kill you if you get stuck in it. The only other thing is that a lot of the books are fairly long so you have to be interested in them to read through it. I can usually read through one of the 800 page books within a week if I am really interested. I would suggest reading the next two books in the series (The Short Victorious War and Honor of the Queen) as both are fairly good and a good measuring stick for the series. it is too bad that you didn't like the treecat side story as that only gets more intense (and IMO, awesome). At one point, it does get a little strange but it is done in a way that makes it semi-believable. I'll create a mini-summary (without major spoilers) for Honor of the Queen so you can see if it interests you. By the way, who wrote Lost Fleet?

Honor of the Queen: Honor is dispatched with a small task force (heavy cruiser, two light cruisers and a destroyer if memory serves) to the planet of Grayson as the tension between the Star Kingdom of Manticore and the People's Republic of Haven heats up. Both sides are looking for forward bases. Grayson and her sister planet, Masada are older planets originally settled by religious extremists. When they arrive on Grayson, however, they discover that the planet is toxic (lots of heavy metals) but they stick it out beliving that it is God's will. They also regress technologically. Eventually, the religious extremists (the Faithful) start a war which ends in their exile to Masada. The Faithful's goal is the extermination of the Graysons. Manticore comes to make a deal with Grayson and Haven is making a covert deal with Masada to destroy Grayson. Honor Harrington leads the taskforce while her mentor, Admiral Courovosier leads the diplomatic team. There is just one problem. The Grayson's (because of their planet and traditions) belive that women don't belong in uniform or in any "man's" job. They aren't sexists but it is their beliefs. Honor is forced to confront Grayson dissatisfaction with the women in Manticore as well as foil the Masadan plot.

That's a little long but that should give you an idea. The book has some great space battles as well as philosphical ideas in it as well. Hope that helps.

Thanks. I'll be looking it up soon as I am looking for a new book to read.

It is...it definitely is. Hope you enjoy so I can discuss it all with at least one person.

I especially liked Honor of the Queen as it just presents so many issues of today and completely makes fun of them, showing their outdated basis. Great book.

I may have to start rereading the series again...

Oh yes. And there's only one thing that's really letting Manticore stand right now but I can't quite tell you what it is.

Honor Among Enemies is pretty good. It's got a great sub-story involving one of the ensigns (I believe) whose name I cannot remember. And ensign and Stilgar? No, that's Dune. Stilson or something like that. Classic under-dog story.

That's definitely one of the things that starts happening around this point is that the series takes on what could almost be described as a second set of protagonists. Thiesman, Giscard, Tourville, Caslet, Foraker, Jourdain, and Giscar'd commissioner who's name I cannot think of all start to take on a better light.

As for your points:

1) I'd have to reread the book to be sure but your explanation sounds reasonable I guess.

2) I see what you're saying but I can see Honor not worrying about it and that sort of thing.

3) That's Honor. She's very, very stubborn so I could see her doing that sort of thing.

For some reason, the next book, Echoes of Honor, never sits well with me when I think about it yet when I read it, I always love it. Not really sure why....

Oh, you're about to find out how awesome Harkness is. He is just amazing.

That is one of my favorite things about the serious is the way in which technology is represented. First, the introduction of anterigone (not sure if that's the right word for this series. But it's the age lengthening thing) allows the books to "advance" at a much faster rate then you realize. I believe the time from Basilisk station to War of Honor is some 20 years. And that, of course, means we get to see new technologies at a more reasonable rate.

And all of these new technologies and then counter technologies are just a ton of fun. I love seeing reactions and everything with them. Just wait 'till you see what Honor gets in At All Costs.

I have to agree. It's been a while since I've read AoV but I do rembmer and will never forget, Shannon's final line. It was just so perfect in every way. A perfect summation of everything her character is. That being said, I absolutely loved the space battles of this book, especially the new technical aspects. And the way a lot of older characters really shined (Tremaine, Harkness, etc).

It is quite interesting although, once again, it's got a lot of politics in the beginning. This book also serves as a jump-off point for Shadows of Saganami which deals with the new terminus in more depth. That being said, you're quickly coming to At All Costs which, in some ways, eclipses Ashes of Victory, at least in terms of the ending.

Let me know how it's going.