And they are also very, 'very' deadly when they or their friends are threatened. The forest-dwelling treecats are small, cute, smart, and have a pronounced taste for celery. Yet Stephanie is a young woman determined to make discoveries, and the biggest one of all awaits her: an intelligent alien species. But Sphinx is a far more dangerous place than ultra-civilized Meyerdahl, and Stephanie's explorations come to a sudden halt when her parents lay down the law: no trips into the bush without adult supervision It should have been the perfect new home - a virgin wilderness full of new species of every sort, just waiting to be discovered. until her parents relocated to the frontier planet of Sphinx in the far distant Star Kingdom of Manticore. Stephanie Harrington always expected to be a forest ranger on her homeworld of Meyerdahl.

Forester and his character Horatio Hornblower.'New York Times, USA Today, Wall Street Journal' and international bestselling phenomenon David Weber delivers the first entry in an original young adult science fiction adventure series, the Star Kingdom saga Young teen Stephanie Harrington forms a telepathic bond with an intelligent alien treecat on a pioneer planet-and must fight for the freedom of her new friend and his species against highly-placed enemies determined to claim the world for humans only. His most popular and enduring character is Honor Harrington whose name is an homage to fellow writer C. Weber and his wife Sharon, along with their children and pets, live in Greenville, South Carolina. He challenges current gender roles in the military by assuming that a gender-neutral military service will exist in the future, and by frequently placing female leading characters in what have previously been seen as traditionally male roles, he has explored the challenges faced by women in both military and politics. Many of his novels and short stories have military, particularly naval, themes, and fit into the military science fiction genre. Weber currently lives in Greenville, South Carolina. He soon found Military History to be his main interest. In college, he studied History, Politics, English Literature, Comparing Religious Studies and Sociology.

In online discussions of his works, Weber is sometimes referred to as MWW for Mad Wizard Weber, or RFC for runsforcelery, the latter being David's user ID on the Forums hosted on his own web site.

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