Mission of Honor

David Weber

Advance Reader Copy

Unproofed

This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.

Copyright © 2010 by David Weber

All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form.

A Baen Books Original

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ISBN10: 1-4391-3361-1

ISBN13: 978-1-4391-3361-3

Cover art by David Mattingly

First printing, July 2010

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