The Royal Manticoran Navy has won its battle against the People's Republic of Haven, but that success has set off a political crisis that leads Honor Harrington into a private war with an old enemy in which there can be no victory.
Admiral Lady Dame Honor Harrington, the single victorious Allied commander of the new war, is called to command the Eighth Fleet in a desperate attempt to save the Star Kingdom of Manticore from the deadly Republic of Haven.
Captain Honor Harrington has retired to the planet Grayson, but the Grayson Navy needs her when the People's Republic of Haven challenges Grayson. Captain Harrington must deal with powerful leaders of Grayson who want to kill her and must also heal her grief over the murder of the man she loves.
Honor Harrington, pronounced dead by the People's Republic of Haven, escapes from the prison planet called Hell and returns to the Manticoran Alliance in the company of almost a half million troops.
