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Echoes of Honor - Honor Harrington 8
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Plot Summary of Echoes of Honor - Honor Harrington 8
"This is part of the Honor Harrington series although this is the only one I have read. The main character Honor is thought dead, but actually captured by her enemies and imprisoned on a prison planet. She and others plan their escape. This book doesn't flow very well but the story was interesting. There is a lot of unnecessary detail which makes the book a harder read than it should be. There were a couple of times I was just not going to finish this book, but I got through it. "
David, Resident Scholar

"Honor Harrington,with her key shipmates, are captured by the People's Navy, and escape as they are about to be imprisoned on a hostile plant. She is able to free one camp and from there,takes over the control of the prison. With her small core of loyal troops, they free their allies and escape after a major subversive space battle over the very worst of the People's Navy."
Janet Dailey, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Echoes of Honor - Honor Harrington 8
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Plot
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Time Travel: - largely forwards/future
Plotlets: - stranded on alien planet, fighting aliens to survive
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - rescue mission/escape from confinement
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Time Travel story? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - navy soldier
Age: - 40's-50's - long lived adults
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an organization
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some

Setting
Terrain - Jungle - Desert - Mountains - Forests
Spaceship setting: - futuristic human warship - someone is depressurized - futuristic human freighter/transport
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - empty, or nearly empty world - very controlled society
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd - rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment - moderately detailed references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a significant amount of technical jargon - quite a lot of techical jargon
Sex in book? Yes
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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