No Honor in Death

Superior all-rounder

Not a single eye-roll - and that's rare for me. Engaging characters drew me right in. Some I cheered for, some I loathed (as the author intended). One of my biggest complaints with all genres is poor dialogue. Not a single awkward or unbelievable sentence! The narrator also does an excellent job and I was not pulled from the story even once... A balanced mix of diverse personalities and motivations with military action that doesn't dominate the story completely. Hugely impessed and I am hard to please:)

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Fantistic Book...must read

At first I was not sure about this book but give it a little bit to pull you in. It is an excellent example of doing this genre well when so many sub par examples are flooding out. It does follow many of the same tropes as others but does so in an excellent and refreshing way. The end will surprise you in an interesting way as it breaks with a lot of what you read these days. I am looking forward to the next in the series.

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I already had the ebook. The audible is great.

If you loved early Honor Harrington this will feel like coming home. I love this series. Time to get the 2nd book on audio. Good narration all around.

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Very good book, going to read the next Book.

A very good book, plenty of character development, excellent storyline. Quite a few twists and turns. I was not sure that I would like the story told from both sides but it made The humans and aliens more interesting. I will read the next book in the series.

Excellent story, with strong characterizations .

I thought this book was a good beginning to a very strong series. This is grw as t space opera

Slightly tropey, but still entertaining.

I've tried starting a disappointing number of sci-fi series that either rely on way too many tropes or have a comically bad grasp on science for me to continue. In the opening book of the Siobhan Dunmoore series, "No Honor in Death", there a couple of tropes are sprinkled in, couple of minor hard sci-fi faux pas, but not enough to be a major hinderance. They are easily forgiven for what is overall a satisfying read. Enough to have no problems picking up the second book.

It's not the deepest story, but it's far from the shallowest. Thomson's strong point is painting a plausible and engaging cast of characters, and put them in a setting that demonstrates at least a good familiarity of the intricacies of a modern Navy, if not personal experience.

The select few underdeveloped details are forgiven because as a whole the story keeps moving nicely. So what if ships have classically Trekish shields for defense? Yes, the author could have made it more unique and detailed but he instead chose to go with something familiar in this instance and save some time for other things more directly impactful with the story. I suck down world building like candy but even I can appreciate a nicely defined scope of focus. In a genre that often is either hyper-developed or nowhere near developed enough, Thomson finds a good middle ground.

One thing that could have sunk the book would have been a bad narrator. But Eric Michael Summerer is flawless. I'm very impressed with his ability to speak for characters of the opposite gender without having to throw his voice.