Many of his books are available online, either in their entirety as part of the Baen Free Library or, in the case of more recent books, in the form of sample chapters (typically the first 25-33% of the work). In 2008, he donated his archive to the department of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University. Her story, together with the "Honorverse" she inhabits, has been developed through 16 novels and six shared-universe anthologies, as of spring 2013 (other works are in production).
Forester's character Horatio Hornblower and her last name from a fleet doctor in Patrick O'Brian's Master and Commander.
One of his most popular and enduring characters is Honor Harrington whose alliterated name is an homage to C.S. He frequently places female leading characters in what have been traditionally male roles. Many of his stories have military, particularly naval, themes, and fit into the military science fiction genre. But they aren't about to give up, and with the help of those on the throne planet who are still loyal to the Empress they will infiltrate (under cover of a restaurant specializing in exotic Mardukan dishes, no less), they will make anyone who gets in their way (such as local mobsters who make the mistake of kidnapping Roger's fianc‚) very sorry that they did, and they will not rest until the rightful ruler has been restored.David Mark Weber is an American science fiction and fantasy author.
Roger and his faithful band of human marines and native alien warriors have beaten the barbarian planet Marduk, and now they must re-conquer an interstellar empire. And Roger himself has been branded an outlaw and traitor. Roger's brother, the heir to the throne, is dead. His mother the Empress is a captive in the palace and even in her own body, drugged so that her will is not her own. In Roger's absence, a palace coup by enemies of the MacClintock family has seized control of the Empire. But they're not home-free yet, because home is no longer free.
So far, they've crossed a continent, crossed a sea full of ship-eating monsters, taken over an enemy spaceport, and hijacked a starship. until he and the Royal Marines sent to protect him were stranded on Marduk with only their feet to get them half way around the entire planet. Prince Roger MacClintock was an heir to the galaxy's Throne of Man-and a self-obsessed spoiled young brat.
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