{"product_id":"challenges-1","title":"Challenges","description":"\u003cb\u003eTHE HOTTEST MILITARY SCIENCE FICTION SERIES OF ALL TIME CONTINUES WITH A COLLECTION OF TALES SET IN THE EARLY DAYS OF THE STAR KINGDOM OF DAVID WEBER'S \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBEST-SELLING HONORVERSE\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Honor Harrington's day, the Star Kingdom of Manticore is the wealthiest star nation on a per capita basis in the entire galaxy. It is home to magnificent cities. Its planets' oceans and seas--and skies--are open to its people, yet they have maintained the beauty and the magnificence of their natural habitats. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e But that was not always true. Pioneers, especially \u003ci\u003einterstellar\u003c\/i\u003e pioneers, must be tough, smart, and self-reliant, and the people who built the Star Kingdom knew that. They prepared carefully for their enormous voyage, incorporated every measure they could think of, and even so, their new worlds did their best to kill them all. They very nearly succeeded, as the Plague Years pushed the human interlopers to the very brink of survival, forcing them to grow and change in ways they never could have anticipated. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the process, they became the people who could one day produce Honor Harrington, Elizabeth Winton, and the remarkable people willing to stand in the path of the People's Republic of Haven's insatiable advance . . . and then to \u003ci\u003eally\u003c\/i\u003e with the Republic when both of them learned who their true enemy was. In many ways, that fortitude was the inevitable result of a star nation that learned early on that what truly matters is the way one faces the challenges the universe throws at one. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e These are the stories of people who learned that lesson, and met--and triumphed--over every challenge of their new homes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e All original stories by: David Weber, Marisa Wolf, Jacob Holo, Dan Butler, Thomas Pope, and Jane Lindskold. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eWorlds of Honor anthologies: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMore Than Honor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWorlds of Honor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChanger of Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eService of the Sword\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eIn Fire Forged\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBeginnings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWhat Price Victory?\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"David Weber","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47288806637804,"sku":"9781668072950","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0684\/1791\/3068\/files\/9781668072950.jpg?v=1770574967","url":"https:\/\/intl.allstora.com\/products\/challenges-1","provider":"Allstora","version":"1.0","type":"link"}