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Field Of Dishonor - Honor Harrington 4
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Plot Summary of Field Of Dishonor - Honor Harrington 4
"Book 4 of Honor Harrington. When Honor comes back to have her ship repaired after the last battle, she takes time off and goes to Grayson to see to her property there. While gone her old enemy has her love killed in a duel and wants her to suffer before his hired killer kills her in a duel. She loses her military career in order to see justice done."
Ed Phillips, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Field Of Dishonor - Honor Harrington 4
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Plot

Composition of Book
Descript. of chases or violence - 40%
planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%
Descript. of society, phenomena (tech), places - 10%




Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - navy soldier
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - navy soldier
Eccentric: Yes - obsessed - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society
Planet outside solar system? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - some scientific explanation
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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