Worlds of Honor

by David Weber

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

Copyright © 1999 by David M. Weber
"The Stray" copyright © 1999 by Linda Evans; "What Price Dreams?" copyright © 1999 by David M. Weber; "Queen's Gambit" copyright © 1999 by Jane Lindskold; "The Hard Way Home" copyright © 1999 by David M. Weber; "Deck Load Strike" copyright © 1999 by Roland J. Green

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

A Baen Books Original

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ISBN: 0-671-57786-7

Cover art by David Mattingly

First printing, February1999

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Weber, David, 1952–

Worlds of Honor / David Weber.
p. cm.
"A Baen Books original"—T.p. verso.
Contents: The stray / Linda Evans — What price dreams? / David Weber — Queen's gambit / Jane Lindskold — The hard way home / David Weber — Deck load strike / Roland J. Green.
ISBN 0-671-57786-7 (hardcover)
1. Science fiction. American. 2. Harrington, Honor (Fictitious character)—Fiction. II. Title

PS648.S3W43 1999 98-47810
813'.0876208—cd21 CIP

Typeset by Windhaven Press, Auburn, NH
Printed in the United States of America

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Honor Among Enemies
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Echoes of Honor

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The Armageddon Inheritance
Heirs of Empire
Path of the Fury
The Apocalypse Troll
Oath of Swords
The War God's Own

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Crusade
In Death Ground
Shiva Option