''Torch of Freedom'' is a

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novel by American writers

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, published on November 3, 2009.Torch of Freedom on author's website
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'' series. It is the sequel to the 2003 novel ''

Crown of Slaves ''Crown of Slaves'' is a 2003 novel by David Weber and Eric Flint set in the Honorverse; it has been billed as the first in the ''Crown of Slaves'' series, spun off from the main Honor Harrington series. It features Honor herself only in a c ...

'', also by David Weber and Eric Flint. The book includes a Baen CD Library disk.

Plot

While Anton Zilwicki and Victor Cachat were working undercover on Mesa, Mesa launches an attack at Torch. Anton Zilwicki and Victor Cachat escape Mesa amidst general mayhem together with a defecting leading scientist. The attack against Torch is thwarted by Rear Admiral Luiz Rozsak of the Solarian League Navy, who had amassed a fleet in the interest of the Maya Sector. Queen Berry becomes romantically involved with Hugh Arai, who, after being freed from slavery by Jeremy X from the Audubon Ballroom, worked as a commando for the Beowulf Biological Survey Corps (BSC), and was assigned by Jeremy X as Berry's bodyguard.

References

External links

''Torch of Freedom'' on author's website

The Galley Proof site for ''Torch of Freedom'', Chapters 1 to 24 as of this writing.

The actual schedule page at Baen, esp. November '09.
Novels by David Weber Novels by Eric Flint Honorverse books 2009 American novels {{2000s-sf-novel-stub