In Enemy Hands Echoes of Honor Ashes of Victory War of Honor At All Costs Crown of Slaves Torch of Freedom Changer of Worlds The Service of the Sword The Shadow of Saganami Shadow of Freedom A Rising Thunder Mission of Honor Storm From The Shadows House of Steel
Part of tThe "Honor Harrington" series. Space opera. Great fun. Honor Harrington is a naval officer in the service of the Star Kingdom of Manticore. The SKM is fighting a battle for its life against the People's Republic of Haven ("the Peeps"). The series follows the events of Honor's life, the battles, the political wrangling, etc. The People's Republic (the leader is Rob S. Pierre, and its capital is Nouveau Paris, just to throw in a little historical parallel there) is eventually transformed into the old Republic of Haven. Meanwhile, adverse forces have schemed to get Manticore into a battle with the Solarian League. This could get dicey.
A Test of Wills Wings of Fire Proof of Guilt The Confession Hunting Shadows A Matter of Justice The Red Door A Pale Horse A Lonely Death Legacy of the Dead A Cold Treachery Search The Dark A Fearsome Doubt Watchers of Time A Long Shadow A False Mirror
July, 1916. The Battle of the Somme. Captain Ian Rutledge gets orders to take out the machine-gun post. His sergeant (and best friend in the trenches) Hamish McLeod, breaks under the strain of two years of warfare refuses to lead his men into certain death. Hamish is put before a firing squad for disobeying orders, and Rutledge is forced to shoot Hamish in the head after the firing squad only wounds the sergeant.
Right after that, German shells land on their trench. Rutledge is buried. The only thing that keeps him alive for the hours until he is dug out is the little pocket of air trapped beneath Hamish's body.
1919: Rutledge is released from a clinic where he was being treated for shell shock, and takes his old job at Scotland Yard. But no one can know that he hears Hamish's voice - Hamish is always with him, taunting him, deriding him, reminding him. Rutledge refuses to look behind himself because Hamish's voice is so real. If he ever sees Hamish, he'll end it then (suicide). He has promised himself that.
Excellent mysteries that give a good view of post-WWI England.
