Review: A new great series from David Weber
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 2, 2014
I recently reread this series and enjoyed it as much the second time as I did the first.  Mr. Weber and John Ringo do an excellent job of bringing their worlds and characters to life.  Some of the military details that are expounded upon in books such as the Honor Harrington series to excess do not happen here.This is the first of four books.In this book, the third child of the empress (Roger) is shuffled off (so he thinks) to get him away from the center of things.  Roger is a spoiled, self-centered brat with some excessive indulgences, a person servant and a tutor that travel with him, as well as his bodyguards, the Bronze unit.  These bodyguards, all excellent marines, to a person have no respect for roger.In their travels to their destination, their ship is damaged and must go to the planet Marduck to try and get their ship repaired.  When they get in system, they see the enemy Saints ships.  The saints are Eco-socialists trying to bring back all planets to their original form and will use all force necessary to do it.The Bronze Barbarians guard unit get Roger and his staff off of the ship and onto the ground but thousands of miles away from the only modern star port on the planet.  The rest of the planet is barely into their own iron age of development.  The environment is mean, the people are tough and Roger and his people have a limited time to get to the star port before they die from lack of proper nutrients.So, we have a spoiled brat, two civilians, a guard company that dis-likes the person they are trying to guard (but are fanatically loyal to their duty).  They have to traverse half a planet to get to their goalWill they survive?  Read and see.