Tradition lives! And so lives the honor of RMN. Small squadron in new quadrant known as Talbott Cluster, which voted to be a part of Star Kingdom, faces separatist terrorists, Havenite military criminals and slavetraders in best traditions of RMN. But what Manty doesn't know is that behind their enemies stays other Power, Power which already prepares large fleet of ex-Sol League battleships to take over new terminus of Manticoran Wormhole Junction. New spin-off book of Weber's Honorverse introduces new characters and places. Actually "The Shadow of Saganami" is a pretty good read, but ending is much worse than most of the book - as author evidently believes in Wondewaffe. Though if you like entire Honor sequence, then i recommend to read this book.