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Honorverse TodayAuthor: Jim Arrowood, JP Harvey, Raul Ybarra
Honorverse Today is a fan podcast providing review, commentary, and opinion for the Honor Harrington and Honorverse book series written by David Weber and published by Baen Books. The Honor Harrington series is one of the largest and most successful science fiction series in history. Yet it has never had a podcast. Until now. The series chronicles the life and world of Honor Harrington from her humble beginnings through the changing of the galactic order. The series includes 14 main series books, 2 spinoff series, several anthologies, 2 prequels, a comic series (which we will not be covering at this point), and several non-fiction reference and/or RPG game books. Honorverse Today will be covering the body of fictional stories, with the possible exception of the comics. More important, we will be covering all of the books in publication order. We know there has been debate within the fandom whether it's best to read in publication or chronological. For a podcast format, we have thought it best to cover the boooks in the order they were published. The Honorverse Today hosts are: Jim Arrowood, JP Harvey, and Raul Ybarra. Honorverse Today is brought to you by TPE Network. You can find the Honor Harrington books at Baen Books. Several books are availalbe in the Baen Free Library found at the site. Theme music is Honor and Sword by Zakhar Valaha. Check his website for all of your podcasting music needs. Honorverse Today is not affiliated with Baen Books or David Weber. Opinions expressed in the show are strictly those of the hosts. They do not reflect the opinions of Baen Books, David Weber or TPE Network. Language: en Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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HVT-045 House of Steel
Episode 45
Sunday, 3 May, 2026
This is a unique book within the Honorverse. Mostly it’s a companion to the stories we’ve read, but it also contains a novella written by David Weber. The first third of the book is essentially a biography of King Roger III told through a story, beginning with his time as a young officer in the Royal Manticoran Navy and running through his reign. The story is titled “I Will Build My House of Steel”, from which the name of the book is derived. The remaining two-thirds of the book is the detailed companion full of history, military information, political / governmental information, ship classes, and so much more. It’s a must-read!While published in May 2013, we decided to cover it out of publication order and when we reached the end of discussing all the books that have already been published and available. While that sets the novella out of order, the book really is primarily a companion volume with a lot of reference and background information on a host of topics. In this episode we discussed the novella like we would any other story or novel, then each of us highlighted a favorite section from the companion. Of course, we’d love to hear from all of you with your thoughts on the novella and which section or sections of the companion were your favorites.Your hosts rated “House of Steel” with a trio of 4s (out of 5), resulting in an overall rating of 4.Back to what was mentioned above: there are currently no more already published books in the Honorverse, but don’t fear! The next book is scheduled to be published in July 2026—just a few months from when this episode was recorded and hits the feed. We’re going to cover that book, “A Call to Deception”, a month after it hits the streets. The book is titled “A Call to Deception”, written by David Weber, Timothy Zahn and Thomas Pope, and it’s the fifth novel in the Manticore Ascendent series. We’re excited to read it and hope you are, too!You can preorder “A Call to Deception” at the time this episode releases. As always, grab a copy, invite a friend, get to reading and join us again (after a short delay) on our continuing voyage through the Honorverse! Also, please stay tuned for an announcement about another project we’re cooking up!You can find us, and all our episodes at http://honorverse.net, and email us at honorverse@tpenetwork.com. We look forward to hearing from you.Now, let’s be about it!
