A Call to Duty

Publisher Marketing: New series from "New York Times" bestselling authors Book #1 in Manticore Ascendant, a new series set in David Weber's bestselling Honorverse from multiple "New York Times" bestseller David Weber and #1 "New York Times" bestseller Timothy Zahn Growing up, Travis Uriah Long yearned for order and discipline in his life the two things his neglectful mother couldn t or wouldn t provide. So when Travis enlisted in the Royal Manticoran Navy, he thought he d finally found the structure he d always wanted so desperately. But life in the RMN isn t exactly what he expected. Boot camp is rough and frustrating; his first ship assignment lax and disorderly; and with the Star Kingdom of Manticore still recovering from a devastating plague, the Navy is possibly on the edge of budgetaryextinction. The Star Kingdom is a minor nation among the worlds of the Diaspora, its closest neighbors weeks or months away, with little in the way of resources. With only modest interstellar trade, no foreign contacts to speak of, a plague-ravaged economy to rebuild, and no enemies looming at the hyper limit, there are factions in Parliament who want nothing more than to scrap the Navy and shift its resources and manpower elsewhere. But those factions are mistaken. The universe is not a safe place. Travis Long is about to find that out. " Review Citations: Publishers Weekly 06/30/2014 (EAN 9781476736846, Hardcover) Booklist 10/01/2014 pg. 43 (EAN 9781476736846, Hardcover) Library Journal 10/15/2014 pg. 70 (EAN 9781476736846, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Weber, David David Weber is author of the New York Times bestselling Honor Harrington series as well as In Fury Born, The Apocalypse Troll, Wind Rider s Oath, the Safehold series and many other popular bestsellers. Torch of Freedom, a previous Honorverse novel by David Weber and Eric Flint, was selected by Publishers Weekly as a Best Book of the Year, and both Torch of Freedom and Cauldron of Ghosts were New York Times bestsellers. Weber and his wife Sharon and their three children live in South Carolina. Contributor Bio:  Zahn, Timothy Timothy Zahn is a "New York Times" bestselling science fiction author of more than forty novels, as well as many novellas and short stories. Best known for his contributions to the expanded Star Wars universe of books, including the Thrawn trilogy, Zahn won a 1984 Hugo Award for his novella "Cascade Point""."He also wrote the Cobra series, the Blackcollar series, the Quadrail series, and the young adult Dragonback series, whose first novel, "Dragon and Thief", ""was an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Zahn currently resides in Oregon with his family. Contributor Bio:  Summerer, Eric Michael Eric Michael Summerer is an AudioFile Earphones Award winner, voice actor, and producer who has narrated numerous audiobooks as well as countless instructional recordings and video games. He also earned an Audie Award nomination for Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke.