To End in Fire

I started my "Honorverse" journey in 1992 with Basilisk Station and kept up fairly well with all the connected series until 2005 (so about 15 books in). I then went on a reading hiatus until late last year when I decided to jump back in by re-reading what I had finished (with 7 thru Audible) and then reading onward in one marathon run to this latest entry: #30. I love everything about Honorverse. I love all the series and all the different characters and perspectives, and even the way the books sometimes overlap events through different characters eyes. Over the past couple of months I have come to appreciate it all, especially the elaborate world building and battle minutia, even more. This series is massive, with 1,000's of characters and multiple star systems, plots, sub-plots, powers, villains, skulduggery, battles (so many battles), heroics and death! By reading the series back to back, I was able to recognize when minor characters from earlier side plots were slotted into later stories and events, many of which I would have missed if I had read the books as they were published.

"To End in Fire" brings so much of what has gone on previously and ties up a ton of loose strings back into the main thrust of the story. It ended at a satisfying point in the Grand Alliance's battle against the Malign Alignment, but still leaves room for the series to progress. I can't wait to find out where Honorverse goes next.