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    To Honor You Call Us
    To Honor You Call Us
    To Honor You Call Us
    Audiobook13 hours

    To Honor You Call Us

    Written by H. Paul Honsinger

    Narrated by Ray Chase

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    The Terran Union is engaged in a vast interstellar war against the Krag, ruthless aliens intent on exterminating humankind. In 2315, the wily Max Robichaux is given command of the USS Cumberland, a destroyer with state-of-the-art capabilities but a combat record so bad, she’s known as the “Cumberland Gap.”

    Capt. Robichaux’s first mission: to take his warship to the Free Corridor, where the Krag have secretly been buying strategic materials, and to seize or destroy any ships carrying enemy cargo. Far from the fleet and under enforced radio silence, Max relies only on his determination and guile…and the support and friendship of his chief medical officer, the brilliant Dr. Sahin.

    Because even as he deals with the ship’s onboard problems and the stress of carrying out her risky assignment, Max and the doctor discover that the Cumberland and her misfit crew are all that stands in the way of a deadly Krag attack that threatens to end the war—and humanity—once and for all.

    A far-future story in the tradition of “ships of wood, men of iron” novels, To Honor You Call Us and the Man of War series combines the adventure of exploration, the excitement of war, and the dangers of the unknown through the eyes of a ship and her crew.

    Revised edition: This edition of To Honor You Call Us includes editorial revisions.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateFeb 18, 2014
    ISBN9781480572959
    To Honor You Call Us
    Author

    H. Paul Honsinger

    H. Paul Honsinger is a retired attorney. Born and raised in Lake Charles, Louisiana, he is a graduate of Lake Charles High School, the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, and Louisiana State University Law School in Baton Rouge. Honsinger currently lives in Lake Havasu City, Arizona, with his beloved wife, Kathleen, and stepson, Chris, as well as two highly eccentric cats. His hobbies include astronomy, military history, and the history of the Apollo program. He also devotes time to cheering on his daughter, Sarah, who is a music major at a California university. Brothers in Valor is the third novel in his Man of War series, which also includes To Honor You Call Us and For Honor We Stand. The Man of War series is the beginning of what Honsinger hopes to be a long series of novels detailing the adventures of Max Robichaux and Ibrahim Sahin in the Union Space Navy.

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    • 5/5
      Terrible name, very fun swashbuckling in space novel, a loving homage to Patrick O'Brien's books told in a new interesting space based way.
    • 5/5
      Excellent military type sci-fi, very well narrated. Looking forward to reading the second in the series.
    • 3/5
      I enjoyed a great deal of To Honor You Call Us, yet there was quite a bit about it I did not enjoy.Captain Max Robichaux has been given command of the USS Cumberland, a bad luck destroyer with a problem crew, and tasked with going to the outer reaches of the galaxy to harass and fight humanity’s enemy, the Krag, aliens intent upon humanity’s genocide. Max’s only friend is the ship’s doctor, a brilliant, but woefully naïve man who helps Max gradually whip the crew into shape. There are instances of shadowing Krag ships, and of being shadowed, but there’s no real action until the end of the book when there is a climactic battle that Max predictably wins. And that’s one of the problems of the book – its predictability. Naturally, the protagonist has a tortured past, suffering from PTSD, and has a drinking problem, so he’s not perfect, even though virtually all of his solutions to the problems the ship encounters along the way are perfect. He’s a damn naval genius. Of course. And of course he whips the problem crew into shape. And of course there’s a drug problem among the crew and of course the doctor rehabilitates virtually everyone so that quite soon they’re all happy and productive naval personnel again. And of course Max thwarts a Krag battle plan aimed at another alien species, whom Max saves and of course, now they’re our allies. Of course. I’m not saying this stuff doesn’t work. I’m just saying you could pretty much guess what was coming down the pike and you really didn’t need to keep reading to know what would happen.One of the things that really got to me in this book, and wait until you read the next book in the series – I just did – is the speeches and explanations. My God, it’s unreal! As I said, there’s not much in the way of action until the end of the book, so there are just events, speeches, a crew mutiny, more speeches, the drug problems I mentioned, continued speeches, some introspection, crazy speeches, and – holy crap – even more speeches! And perhaps by speeches, I mean explaining. Because that’s probably what it really is. The characters are forever explaining things to each other – and the reader – so everyone will know what’s going on. But it goes on and on, for pages. Max explains the secrets of the universe to the doctor and his crew and the doctor explains every scientific fact known to mankind to Max and the crew. Okay, maybe that’s a slight exaggeration, but that’s what it feels like. Page after page of explanations. I’ve never seen a book like this before. The author obviously thinks his readers are morons, or he wouldn’t spend so much time explaining the plot and tactical strategy and so on to “the crew” (and us). Sometimes it’s nice to NOT know everything that’s going on in a book, believe it or not. Sometimes I like to be surprised. This was just overkill. Oh, and the female subplot. Apparently, the Krag released a virus of some sort that killed off about 70% of humanity’s female population, so apparently they’re kept at home, safe and sound. As a result, there are no female characters, which is a virtual first for me in a sci fi novel, with the near exception of Asimov’s first Foundation novel, a book that had one minor female character toward the end of the book. Since all male crews are in space for many months to possibly years at a time, you would think homosexuality would be prevalent, but that’s never mentioned in this book, which I thought was odd. The author passed up a chance to make a statement one way or the other on this topic.Another issue: boarding parties. With swords. Like pirates. Seriously?Finally, the author had the annoying habit of dropping pop cultural references to late twentieth century technology, fiction and sci fi, such as Star Trek, but since this is the twenty fourth century, how realistic is it to think that not only would he know all of this stuff, but that when he mentions these references aloud, his crew gets them? I think the author screwed this one up.All this aside, the book isn’t bad. Robichaux, while both flawed and too perfect of a commander, is a likable character. And the final battle scene is pretty cool. And the budding friendly relationship between the captain and the doctor is enjoyable to see develop. Still, none of this can save the book from its problems, most especially the damned nonstop explaining and speeches. It would have been a four star book without those. With those problems, I’m knocking it down to three stars, although I’m still cautiously recommending it. It’s the first in a series. I’ve already read the second, but I’ll leave my opinion on that for the review I’ll write on that one.
    • 5/5
      Honsinger tells a good tale. Interesting universe with really bad enemies in it. The first sign of their presence is a virus that destroys, very cruelly, almost all the females in the known universe. Intriguing diplomacy is required to create a strong enough allegiance to defeat the bad guys. An intrepid destroyer captain and his often clueless, about all things Navy MD combine to win a battle and enlist a powerful new ally
    • 5/5
      To Honor You Call Us is Honsinger’s first novel and the first of a series. If you like military science fiction, you will love this. Maxime Robichaux is the new Master and Commander of the Cumberland, a destroyer with a (very) poor performance record. The ship’s doctor is Lt. Ibrahim Sahin, and they make an interesting and formidable team. Yes, this is another space opera partially inspired by Aubrey/Maturin, and Honsinger acknowledges his debt. There’s no point in giving the plot away. There is the usual implacable enemy and fascinating technology. This book stands out because the characters are unusually well-developed. In this world, most humans have a reason for a deep sadness, and each deals with it in his own way. The Union Navy has been around for a while in the 2300s AD, and has deeply ingrained traditions. All this is explained to the reader as the story develops, rather than in the didactic monologues that some authors fall back on.The second book in the series is For Honor We Stand.