''In Fire Forged'', published February 1, 2011,In Fire Forged: Worlds of Honor V (Honor Harrington)

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. Accessed 12 August 2010. is the fifth

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of stories set in the

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universe or Honorverse. The stories in the anthologies serve to introduce characters, provide deeper more complete backstory and flesh out the universe, so claim the same canonical relevance as exposition in the main series. David Weber, author of the mainline Honor Harrington series, serves as editor for the anthologies, maintaining fidelity to the series canons The book contains the following stories: : "Ruthless" by Jane Lindskold, a sequel to her previous short story ("Promised Land" from ''The Service of the Sword''), involving the Royal scion Michael Winton and Judith of Masada. : "An Act of War" by

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, is a sequel to his previous short story ("With One Stone" from ''The Service of the Sword''). It features "Charles", a slippery, conniving, elusive, less than totally honest dealer in black-market technology. : "Let's Dance" by

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, is the longest story. It covers the Casimir raid prior to ''On Basilisk Station'', and how then-Commander Honor Harrington broke up a slave depot on Casimir (an event mentioned in At All Costs). : "An Introduction to Modern Starship Armor Design", by ''Mr. Hegel DiLutorio, CAPT, RMN, ret. HMSS Hephaestus, 1906 PD'' is an in depth design studythis entry is also available in Jayne's Ship Book 3 regarding the history and design of laser heads and armor.

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