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Honorverse book review: "Mission of Honor" by David Weber (Honor Harrington book 12)

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"Mission of Honor" by David Weber is military SF novel which basically continues the story of Admiral Honor Harrington after the original "Ms Hornblower in Space" story arc was largely concluded in the previous novel, "At all costs." As the wars with Haven, which have lasted a generation and which Honor Harrington has been preparing for or fighting for her whole adult life, seem to be finally coming to an end, her nation, the Star Kingdom of Manticore (now the Star Empire) faces a new threat. The reader knows, though at the start of this book most of the characters do not, that there is a centuries old conspiracy to improve the human genome through genetic engineering. Now you may ask, what's so evil about that - and indeed, the people working for that aim genuinely believe they are working for the good of what they see as the human race, which makes them far more dangerous, as many of them will give their lives for that cause and they believe nothing ...
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Thrawn on the Warhammer 40k "Imperium of Man"

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This is a piece of crossover fan fiction. It is a report, to Supreme Chancellor Sheev Palpatine, from Admiral Thrawn, about the "Imperium of man." E.g. the society which provides the backstory for the human Space Marines and other Terran forces from the Warhammer 40k universe ... 
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Thrawn on the rise of Sheev Palpatine

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Another fan fiction video in which the Grand Admiral discusses how Sheev Palpatine rose to be Supreme Chancellor and then Emperor.
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Armed Forces day UK

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Today is Armed Forces day in the UK. (See graphic below) As this is an internationally focussed blog, we're going to say thank you not just to the armed forces of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, but to those of every free nation, for everything you do to protect our countries, our civilisation, and our freedom.
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Thrawn on Anakin and Luke Skywalker

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A clever piece of fan fiction in which, after his return to the Galaxy far, far, away after the events of Asoka series one, Grand Admiral Thrawn learns of the destruction of both Death Stars by Luke Skywalker - and correctly guesses who Luke must be descended from.
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Tenth Anniversary

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John Rentoul has posted that it is the tenth anniversary of the publication of one of his favourite "Top Ten lists - compound names in which every word is untrue. Other nominations made included the following:  " The life and death of Colonel Blimp " on the basis that the central character doesn't hold the rank of Colonel, is never referred to as "Blimp in the film" and is still alive at the end. (" Dorset Eagle ") Clapham Junction is, I am told, neither a junction nor is it in Clapham. ( Tom Harris ) The Old Grey Whistle Test was neither old nor grey, nor did it feature whistles, nor was it an evaluation of any sort. ( Anthony's Bar and Grill )
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SF Book Review: "The never-ending sacrifice" by Una McCormack

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The real novel "The never-ending sacrifice" by Una McCormack, published on Earth in 2009, is named after a Star Trek universe classic Cardassian book with the same title from the  society in the "Deep Space Nine" star trek series. It fills in more of the backstory of the Cardassian people and specifically of characters from the 25th episode of Deep Space Nine, " Cardassians " (Season two, episode five). (Image posted to X by ACR fan account 24th June 2026:    Arc ᯓ★ on X: "Yeah I read some pretty niche literature https://t.co/D78t9v9Rz2" / X ) In "Cardassians," the character Elim Garak, (who is a former Cardassian spy now very loosely allied to the Federation) sees a Cardassian boy on DS9 and decides to introduce himself, but the boy, who has been raised as a Bajoran and encouraged to hate and fear members of his own biological race, is terrified and bites Garak on the hand. Without wanting to spoil either story, let's just say it t...
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