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A beautiful friendship

A beautiful friendship

JuvenileScience Fiction
Pages
399
Published
2011
Language
English

Synopsis

Stephanie Harrington's dreams of being a forest ranger are upended when her family moves to the untamed frontier planet of Sphinx. Despite her parents' strict rules against unsupervised exploration, Stephanie is determined to discover the planet's secrets. She soon encounters the treecats, an intelligent alien species that are small, clever, and fiercely protective of their friends, leading Stephanie into a dangerous confrontation with Sphinx's most lethal predator.

Prose complexity
4/10

Vibe

AdventurousLighthearted
First ContactComing of AgeSurvivalFish Out of Water

Genres

Juvenile Science Fiction Space Opera Young Adult

About the author

David Weber's avatar
David WeberFiction · Science Fictionb. 1952

David Mark Weber (born October 24, 1952, in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American science fiction and fantasy author, best known for the military science fiction Honor Harrington series, beginning with On Basilisk Station. He also writes the Safehold series, the Dahak Saga and the Oath of Swords fantasy series, along with collaborations including the Starfire series with Steve White, the Empire of Man series with John Ringo, and the Ring of Fire series with Eric Flint. His first novel sold to Baen Books in 1989, which remains his primary publisher. He holds a B.A. from Warren Wilson College and an M.A. in history from Appalachian State University, and lives in Greenville, South Carolina.

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Characters

Stephanie HarringtonProtagonist
TreecatsSupporting
All characters in A beautiful friendship

Frequently asked questions

  • Does this book require prior knowledge of the Honorverse series?

    This novel serves as a prequel set hundreds of years before the main Honor Harrington series, making it a suitable entry point for new readers who are unfamiliar with the broader fictional universe.

  • Is this story based on previously published material?

    The novel is an expansion of a shorter story of the same name that was originally published in the 1998 anthology More Than Honor.