House of Steel ─ The Honorverse Companion

The ultimate guide and companion to the New York Times best-selling Honor Harrington series.
A new short Honorverse novel, plus a compendium of tech, specs, and history to accompany the blockbuster series.

An all-new David Weber Honorverse short novel, I Will Build a House of Steel, chronicling the early days of the Manticoran Star Kingdom when King Roger was a naval lieutenant.

Have you ever finished the latest Honor Harrington novel from David Weber and wished you could linger in Weber’s Honorverse just a bit longer? Now you can with this treasure trove of tech, specs, and insights on David Weber’s mega best-selling Honor Harrington series. Orbital characteristics of key planets, regimental order of the Royal Navy, backstory on the history and drama of the Star Kingdom’s birth and early days—you’ll find it all here, thoughtfully arranged by the Bureau 9 Weber research group, and overseen by David Weber himself.

About David Weber and the Honor Harrington series:
“. . .everything you could want in a heroine….excellent…plenty of action.”–Science Fiction Age

“Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant!”–Anne McCaffrey

“Compelling combat combined with engaging characters for a great space opera adventure.”–Locus

“Weber combines realistic, engaging characters with intelligent technological projection . . . Fans of this venerable space opera will rejoice . . .”–Publishers Weekly

With over seven million copies of his books in print andseventeen titles on the New York Times bestseller list, David Weber isthe science fiction publishing phenomenon of the new millennium. In thehugely-popular Honor Harrington series, the spirit of C.S. Forester’s HoratioHornblower and Patrick O’Brian’s Master and Commander lives on—into thegalactic future. Books in the Honor Harrington and Honoverse series haveappeared on fourteen best seller lists, including those of The Wall StreetJournal, The New York Times, and USA Today. While Weber is bestknown for his spirited, modern-minded space operas, he is also the creator ofthe Oath of Swords fantasy series and the Dahak saga, a science fiction andfantasy hybrid. Weber is has also engaged in a steady stream of bestsellingcollaborations including his Starfire Series with Steve White, which producedthe New York Times bestseller The Shiva Option among others. Weber’scollaboration with alternate history master Eric Flint led to the bestselling 1634:The Baltic War, and his planetary adventure novels with military sciencefiction ace and multiple national best-seller John Ringo includes theblockbusters March to the Stars and We Few. Finally,Weber’s teaming with Linda Evans produced the bestselling Multiverseseries. David Weber makes his home in South Carolina with his wife andchildren.