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Title: The Call of Honor
Series:
Empire Rising #18
Author: David Holmes
Rating:
3 of 5 Stars
Genre: SF
Pages:
431
Words: 162K
Publish: 2023
Some people die, some surprises are pulled by both humans and karacknids, lots of missiles are fired, lots of missiles blow up, lots of ships blow up. Jonathan Somerville is a clone of his father, at least in terms of character make up. James is now just an old guy, that’s about the limit of his characterization now.
And that’s about the limit of these books. Take from it what you will.
★★★☆☆
From
the Publisher
The Karacknid Civil War has ended. Tanaka-lan is
the uncontested Imperator of the Karacknid Empire. One task now
dominates his desires: the complete conquest of Humanity.
On Earth, James and Christine are all too aware of what the end of the civil war means. For over two decades they have been preparing their civilization for the showdown they always knew was coming. Not content to sit back and let Tanaka-lan bring the war to them, James and his Admirals hatch a plan to go on the offensive first. By striking at the Karacknids’ distant colonies, they hope to goad Tanaka-lan into defending his worlds instead of attacking Humanity’s. Yet Tanaka-lan’s desires are not easily set aside.
Unbeknown to his father, Jonathan Somerville also finds himself thrust into the midst of the developing war. Forced by his sense of honor to lead his own foray into Karacknid space, he may very well ignite the Second Karacknid War before either James or Tanaka-lan desire.
