Book 7 of the Honor Harrington Series Honor Harrington&s career has its ups & its downs She&s survived ship-to-ship battles assassins political vendettas & duels She&s been shot at shot down & just plain shot had starships blown out from under her & made personal enemies who will stop at nothing to ruin her & somehow she&s survived it all But this time she&s really in trouble The People&s Republic of Haven has finally found an admiral who can win battles & Honor&s orders take her straight into an ambush Outnumbered outgunned & unable to run she has just two options see the people under her command die in a hopeless futile battle or surrender them--and herself--to the Peeps There can be only one choice & at least the People&s Navy promises to treat their prisoners honorably But the Navy is overruled by the political authorities & Honor finds herself bound for a prison planet aptly named " Hell" & her scheduled execution Put into solitary confinement separated from her officers & her treecat Nimitz & subjected to systematic humiliation by her gaolers Honor&s future has become both bleak & short Yet bad as things look they&re about to get worse for the Peeps