#26 In Fire Forged by David Weber, Jane Lindskold & Timothy Zahn

 I will admit to skipping over all the tech stuff that was in the last part of the book. I was only interested in the 3 short stories and not geeking out to all the tech specs for the ships and such. The Weber selection was early days Honor fighting piracy and knocking heads with Manpower. A nice touch to bring later series plot lines into early character timeline. The Lindskold story follows Judith, a refugee that she has written about before and Zahn does the same thing in writing another story featuring someone from one of his previous Honorvese stories. A good read for fans of the series but not a good jumping in point since half of the book would leave you a bit confused as to lots of background but a great addition for fans of the series.