Synopsis

The words of a dying man, the theft of a legendary battleship, and the threats posed by the Mitikas Empire's civil war were but a few of the concerns that plagued Simon Dodds' mind upon his return to naval service. What was far more disturbing was the amount of information he wasn't being given...

Across the other side of the known universe a terrible fate had befallen a once glorious imperial nation; a fate that dozens of governments throughout the galaxy were keen to keep secret for as long as possible.

But the danger was growing, and only a few months after his return Dodds would find his world, along with that of his old wingmates, flipped on its head. Very soon the five pilots would come face to face with that which destroyed an empire: an unforgiving, unstoppable, and totally unrelenting foe.

There seemed to exist only one glimmer of hope of driving back the darkness - The ATAF Project - a secretly developed set of starfighters that well may just harbour some terrible secrets of their own...

 

Reviews

"A tightly plotted action-adventure yarn with a good mix of likeable, interesting and nasty characters." -- SF Crowsnest [Read Full Review]

"Dependable SF reading." -- Nick Brett, Top Amazon Reviewer [Read Full Review]

"For a first time and self published novel, The Honour of the Knights is in my opinion a great success." -- A. van Kaam [Read Full Review]

"I'm not the biggest Sci-fi fan in the world, however I got my teeth into this book and was entertained all the way though it." -- Gary Compton [Read Full Review]

 

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ChapterAvailable
PrologueNow
I - An Uninvited GuestNow
II - An Unwelcome VisitorNow
III - ReunionNow
IV - May the Best Man Win12th February 2010
V - The One That Got Away19th February 2010
VI - An Admiral's Confession26th February 2010
VII - Where the Action Is5th March 2010
VIII - The Cardinal and The Thief12th March 2010
IX - Rumours, Poker and Whiskey19th March 2010
X - Far from a Saving Grace26th March 2010
XI - Another Rude Awakening2nd April 2010
XII - The Sleeping Dragon9th April 2010
XIII - A Light in the Dark16th April 2010
XIV - The Knights' Charge23rd April 2010
XV - The Journey Home30th April 2010
XVI - A Grand Opportunity7th May 2010
XVII - Of Cloaks14th May 2010
XVIII - Of Daggers21st May 2010
XIX - An Uncomfortable Revelation28th May 2010
XX - Hawke's Ambition4th June 2010
XXI - A Hard Truth to Accept11th June 2010
XXII - Dead Man Walking18th June 2010
XXIII - The Fate of an Empire25th June 2010
XXIV - Friends Like These2nd July 2010
XXV - He Who Fights9th July 2010
XXVI - Too Little, Too Late16th July 2010
XXVII - The Honour of the Knights16th July 2010

The text of these chapters (THE BATTLE FOR THE SOLAR SYSTEM - THE HONOUR OF THE KNIGHTS) (FIRST EDITION) are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 Unported License, with the following attribution:

© 2009, Stephen J Sweeney | www.battleforthesolarsystem.com

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Novel Information

Title: The Honour of the Knights
Series: The Battle for the Solar System
Series Number: 1
Publication Date: 24th January 2009
Format: Paperback (6" x 9")
Pages: 348pp
Categories: Science Fiction
ISBN 13: 9780955856105
ISBN 10: 0955856108

 

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