David Weber

David Weber is a science fiction phenomenon. His popular Honor Harrington and Honorverse novels—including Mission of Honor, At All Costs, and Torch of Freedom—are New York Times bestsellers and can't come out fast enough for his devoted readers. He is also the author of the Safehold series, including Off Armageddon Reef, By Schism Rent Asunder, By Heresies Distressed and A Mighty Fortress. His other top-selling science fiction novels include Out of the Dark, the Dahak books and the Multiverse books, written with Linda Evans. He has also created an epic SF adventure series in collaboration with John Ringo, including We Few. His novels have regularly been Main Selections of the Science Fiction Book Club. Weber has a bachelor’s degree from Warren Wilson College, and attended graduate school in history at Appalachian State University. He lives in South Carolina.


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David Weber talks about his book, Off Armageddon Reef

Earth and her colonies are now smoldering ruins, and the few survivors have fled to distant, Earth-like Safehold, to try to rebuild. But the Gbaba can detect the emissions of an industrial civilization, so the human rulers of Safehold have taken extraordinary measures: with mind control and hidden high technology, they've built a religion in which every Safeholdian believes, a religion designed to keep Safehold society medieval forever.

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Out of the Dark by David Weber--Audiobook Excerpt

Listen to this audiobook excerpt of David Weber's science fiction novel Out of the Dark. Earth is conquered. The Shongairi have arrived in force, and humanity's cities lie in radioactive ruins. In mere minutes, more than half the human race has died. Chances look bleak, but it may well be that the Shongairi have underestimated the inhabitants of that strange planet called Earth...

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A Mighty Fortress by David Weber--Audiobook Excerpt

Listen to this audiobook excerpt from David Weber's science fiction novel A Mighty Fortress, book 4 in the Safehold series. Young Cayleb Ahrmahk has accomplished things few people could even dream of. Not yet even thirty years old, he's won the most crushing naval victories in human history. He's smashed a hostile alliance of no less than five princedoms and won the hand of the beautiful young Queen Sharleyan of Chisholm. Cayleb and Sharleyan have created the Charisian Empire, the greatest naval power in th

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By Schism Rent Asunder by David Weber--Audiobook Excerpt

Listen to this audiobook excerpt from David Weber's science fiction novel By Schism Rent Asunder, book 2 in the Safehold series. The world has changed. The mercantile kingdom of Charis has prevailed over the alliance designed to exterminate it. Armed with a multitude of small technological improvements—better sailing vessels, better guns, better devices of all sorts—Charis faced the combined navies of the rest of the world at Darcos Sound and Armageddon Reef, and broke them. Despite the implacable hostility

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Off Armageddon Reef by David Weber--Audiobook Excerpt

Listen to this audiobook excerpt from David Weber's science fiction novel Off Armageddon Reef, Book 1 in the Safehold series. Humanity pushed its way to the stars—and encountered the Gbaba, a ruthless alien race that nearly wiped us out. Earth and her colonies are now smoldering ruins, and the few survivors have fled to distant, Earth-like Safehold, to try to rebuild. But the Gbaba can detect the emissions of an industrial civilization, so the human rulers of Safehold have taken extraordinary measures: with

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By Heresies Distressed by David Weber--Audiobook Excerpt

Listen to this audiobook excerpt from David Weber's science fiction novel By Heresies Distressed, book 3 in his Safehold series. Now the battle for the soul of the planet Safehold has begun. The Kingdom of Charis and the Kingdom of Chisholm have joined together, pledged to stand against the tyranny of a corrupt Church. The youthful Queen Sharleyan of Chisholm has wed King Cayleb of Charis, forging a single dynasty, a single empire, dedicated to the defense of human freedom. Sharleyan has found in Cayleb's a

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Midst Toil and Tribulation
Midst Toil and Tribulation
Safehold
David Weber
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The hotly anticpaited sixth volume in the New York Times bestselling Safehold series.


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How Firm a Foundation
How Firm a Foundation
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David Weber
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The new novel in the bestselling series that began with Off Armageddon Reef, By Schism Rent Asunder, By Heresies Distressed, and the top ten New York Times...


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Out of the Dark
Out of the Dark

David Weber
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In the stunning launch of a new military-SF series, DAVID WEBER tells the tale of humanity’s near extinction by hostile aliens and of the surprising alliance...


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A Mighty Fortress
A Mighty Fortress
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David Weber
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The sequel to the New York Times bestsellers Off Armageddon Reef, By Schism Rent Asunder, and By Heresies Distressed.


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By Heresies Distressed
By Heresies Distressed
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David Weber
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Now the battle for the soul of the planet Safehold has begun. The Kingdom of Charis and the Kingdom of Chisholm have joined together, pledged to stand...


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By Schism Rent Asunder
By Schism Rent Asunder
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David Weber
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The world has changed. The mercantile kingdom of Charis has prevailed over the alliance designed to exterminate it. Armed with better sailing vessels, better...


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Off Armageddon Reef
Off Armageddon Reef
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David Weber
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of the “Honor Harrington” series, the launch of a major new SF epic


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