#111 A Call to Duty by David Weber, Timothy Zahn

This is a new series set in the Honorverse but at the beginning of the Manticorian kingdom. It follows Travis Long as a 17 year old who joins the Navy to leave a neglectful mother. Travis is big on following the rules and this trips him up a few times in the beginning of his military career. He does have a knack for rubbing some people the wrong way but he also impresses others with his quick thinking. The other half of the plot revolves around his older half brother Gavin who happens to be Baron Winterfall a new member of the House of Lords. He hasn't spent much time with his brother so doesn't know that he has joined the Navy in the beginning of the book.  With the two brothers story lines you see both sides of the Navy’s problems at a macro and micro level.

The story was good and the big plus for me since this is co written the info dumps are way down and tighter plotting is back. A good fun read and I will certainly be picking up the next book when it comes out.