The Queen's Honour

Captain Harrington has a problem. The second installment of the Honor Harrington series. The captain must face an external enemy and prejudice against women. When he is given the opportunity to fight aboard his ship, he takes it again, convinced that he will either do his duty or die. The second installment of the war sci-fi series. In the first episode, entitled The Station of the Basilisk, Honor Harrington averted the defeat of the Manticoran Kingdom by her foresight and wit. This time, in addition to the external enemy, they face a much more opaque danger - prejudice. The planets of Mantichora, Grayson and Masada are threatened by a hostile attack, and instead of working together to defend themselves, Grayson and Masada consume most of their energy trying to convince an emancipated Mantichora of the inferior role of women. Masada's religious fanatics have a deep contempt for women, and at Grayson they find a positive response for this view. But Masada intends to destroy the planet Grayson with an atomic blast. Honor should make the most effective diplomatic efforts to preserve life on the planets, but she is no stranger to that. When he is given the opportunity to fight aboard his ship, he takes it again, convinced that he will either do his duty or die.