Book #1 in Manticore Ascendant, a new series set in David Weber'sbest-selling Honorverse, from multiple New York Times best sellerDavid Weber and #1 New York Times best-selling author Timothy Zahn.Growing up, Travis Uriah Long yearned for order and discipline in hislife...the two things his neglectful mother couldn't or wouldn't provide. Sowhen Travis enlisted in the Royal Manticoran Navy, he thought he'd finally foundthe structure he'd always wanted so desperately. But life in the RMN isn'texactly what he expected. Boot camp is rough and frustrating; his first shipassignment lax and disorderly; and with the Star Kingdom of Manticore stillrecovering from a devastating plague, the Navy is possibly on the edge ofextinction; and the universe is not a safe place. Travis Long is about to findthat out.
