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Jayne's Intelligence Review 1905PD: The Royal Manticoran Navy
Jayne's Intelligence Review 1905PD: The Havenite Republican Navy

Published by Ad Astra Games

Written by David Weber, Ken Burnside, and Thomas Pope

With contributions from Don Beseny, Joe Buckley, Mark Graves, John Lerchey, Thomas Marrone, Steve Osmanski, Giles Schildt, Chris Weuve, Marcus Wilmes Artwork by Jenny Dolfen, Thomas Marrone, and Charles Oines

68-page full-color softcovers, $29.95 each

The nice people at Jane's Information Group have been providing key information about the world's security forces since 1898, when Fred T. Jane published his first guide to the warships of the world. A tradition like that commands deep respect and also attracts the urge to parody or pay homage to the outstanding reference materials Jane's provides. With Jayne's Intelligence Review, the authors are definitely in the homage category with volumes to bemuse and entice both fans and casual readers of Weber's Honor Harrington Universe.

For those not familiar, Honor Harrington is the gifted space-naval officer whose adventures are recounted over several novels and short stories by David Weber. She lives in a cosmos where starships ride the currents of space-time itself, in a setting which owes as much to Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey as it does to James Kirk, John Sheridan, and (maybe) Jack Ryan. As one might expect in military science fiction, Weber has not stinted on the hardware and gives . . .

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Article publication date: February 23, 2007

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