The Butcher's Bill contains a novel, two novellas, four short stories, and a new novelette written for the collection, in addition to an to an introduction by the author. In just a few short years, David weber has shot to the forefront of science fiction with his top-selling novels of Honor Harrington, the toughest, smartest starship captain in the galaxy. Now two more military SF world-beaters join him in Honor's universe, bringing their own celebrated skills in this homage to Honor.
Death wears a thousand screaming faces, and the only choice is to go on or go under.
The universe won't care. Disgraced and all but disinherited by his clan, Ward Tuchman must redeem himself on the colony world New Hope, where viciously feuding clans are on the brink of total war. Based on the life of the Byzantine general Belisarius.