Storm from the Shadows

By: David Weber

Narrated by: Jay Snyder

Rear Admiral Michelle Henke was commanding one of the ships in a force led by Honor Harrington in an all-out space battle. The odds were against the Star Kingdom forces, and they had to run. But Michelle's ship was crippled, and had to be destroyed to prevent superior Manticoran technology from falling into Havenite hands, and she and her surviving crew were taken prisoner. Much to her surprise, she was repatriated to Manticore, carrying a request for a summit conference between the leaders of the two sides which might end the war. But a condition of her return was that she gave her parole not to fight against the forces of the Republic of Haven until she had been officially exchanged for a Havenite prisoner of war, so she was given a command far away from the war's battle lines.

What she didn't realize was that she would find herself on a collision course, not with a hostile government, but with the interstellar syndicate of criminals known as Manpower. And Manpower had its own plans for eliminating Manticore as a possible threat to its lucrative slave trade, deadly plans which remain hidden in the shadows.

©2009 David Weber (P)2009 Audible, Inc.

Storm From the shadows

Jay Snyder is listed as the narrator but it is actually Kevan Parasal and he can not do women's voices. Parts of the story in this book have been in other books in the Honor series such as the opening battle where Mike's ship is so damaged she can not go into hyperspace with Honor. In the Honor book we see the events and conversation from Honors view point and the story goes on about Honor. In this book the events and conversation is from Mike,s point of view and the story then proceeds to tell about what happens to her after Honor leaves. It is interesting to look at the same events from a different person view point. There is some action and political intrigue so the story is interesting. I wish they would get a different narrator for this sub series.

ARGH!!!!!

Does NO ONE ever LISTEN to these books??? The horribly annoying DELIBERATE mispronunciations make me regret paying this nattator. I notice that edotors are never mentioned....hmmmmmmmmmm

French pronunciation

While I enjoyed the story written by the author, the narrator sounded like an American that had only seen a half dozen French words in his entire life. He really needs to get with the main line narrator and discuss with her how to pronounce names, Victor’s especially. It was really distracting but I otherwise enjoyed the title.

Honorverse still fun

Would you consider the audio edition of Storm from the Shadows to be better than the print version?

I haven`t read the printed version. So can`t comment on that.

What did you like best about this story?

I liked the new setting, with Henke as the main protagonist, reading about the empire building in Talbott. And the tensions with the Solarian league.

Which character – as performed by Jay Snyder – was your favorite?

I don`t have a particular favorite and i rated the performance down some cause i think Snyder creates annoying voices for some of the characters

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Not really no

Any additional comments?

If you like the Honor Harrington series then this is a most buy. But you need to have read the previous books before you get this one.

Not to be skipped

A great book. Wonderful interaction between the Star Empire and Solarian League. Don’t skip the Saganami series. These books are better than some of the later Honor books and have essential plot information.