Honor Harrington, star of the New York Times
bestselling science fiction novels by David Weber, is now gracing the
pages of her own graphic novel in TALES OF HONOR: ON BASILISK STATION
VOLUME 1 from Image Comics/Top Cow. Based on Weber’s first Honor
Harrington novel, TALES OF HONOR: ON BASILISK STATION is written by Matt
Hawkins (THINK TANK) and drawn by Sang-Il Jeong.
The
first volume of TALES OF HONOR introduces Honor Harrington, Commodore
in the Royal Manticoran Navy, on the eve of her execution. From prison,
she tells her story, starting with her first command mission on a
hellish, backwater outpost in a distant star system. On Basilisk, Honor
discovers and confronts a conspiracy that will lead the Manticore
Kingdom into the horror of war with the corrupt Haven Republic.
In
adapting the beloved Honor Harrington series, Top Cow worked closely
with Weber, who writes in his introduction to the first issue, “Honor
and I are moving into entirely new media, and I feel confident Evergreen
Studios and Top Cow will introduce Honor and her friends — and enemies —
to an even larger audience, with a few new, exciting wrinkles of their
own as my literary creations are given a strong graphic look and the
characters are brought to life on the screen.”
“Matt
Hawkins has done a remarkable job of staying faithful to the original
story and the science while adding his own unique perspective to it,”
Weber continued. “I don’t think that should surprise anyone, given
Matt’s works like Think Tank and Aphrodite IX, both of
which explore stories with real grounding in scientific fact in
thoughtful, yet highly entertaining ways. In the case of Tales of Honor,
his decision to create a story in which Honor reflects on her past
creates a focused perspective on these characters and stories which
should be exciting for new readers while offering longstanding fans
fresh insights into stories they may have read long ago.”
The
Honor Harrington series consists of 29 novels by David Weber, published
by Baen, with Over 7 million copies in print worldwide. Evergreen
Studios has expanded the Honorverse into comics and gaming.
TALES OF HONOR: ON BASILISK STATION VOLUME 1 will be in comic book stores on November 12 and in bookstores on November 25.
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