Honor has been offered a chance to return to active duty in the Royal Manticoran
Navy The catch is that she must stop pirate raiders with jury-rigged spaceships
crewed by the dregs of the service.
Despite political foes, professional jealousies, and the scandal which drove her
into exile, Captain Honor Harrington has been offered a chance to reclaim her
career as an officer of the Royal Manticoran Navy. But there's a catch. She must
assume command of a "squadron" of jury-rigged armed merchantmen with crew drawn
from the dregs of her service and somehow stop the pirates who have taken
advantage of the Havenite War to plunder