Honor of the Clan

The Posleen War Rages On — Undercover!

Clan O'Neal Battles for the Right—And With Each Other!

The Indowy "Bane Sidhe" conspiracy has grown strong, and the cunning and resourceful Darheel—tacit rulers of the Galactic Federation—have decided that the time has come to wipe that threat from the stars forever. What the Darheel don't know is that humans have joined the rebellion—led by thief and assassin extraordinaire, Cally O'Neal. Now Cally is set to destroy a web of alien deceit millennia in the making. Only one obstacle lies in her path: the renowned warrior who stood tall and saved Earth from utter destruction during its first invasion by alien hordes—a legend who also happens to be Cally's father!

Multiple New York Times best-selling John Ringo's "Posleen War" saga continues as beautiful assassin Cally O'Neil returns for a third appearance in a gripping interplanetary thriller co-authored by Ringo and best-selling Cally's War collaborator, Julie Cochrane.

"[F]ast-paced military sf peopled with three-dimensional characters and spiced with personal drama as well as tactical finesse"— Library Journal on John Ringo's "Posleen War" saga.

"[V]ivid, strong, and distinct."— Audiofile on John Ringo and Julie Cochrane's New York Times best-selling Cally's War.

Cover Art by Kurt Miller

Hardcover
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.

First printing, January 2009

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Ringo, John, 1963–
  Honor of the clan / John Ringo and Julie Cochrane.
       p. cm.
  ISBN 1-4165-5591-9
1. Soldiers—Fiction. 2. Imaginary wars and battles—Fiction.
I. Cochrane, Julie. II. Title.
  PS3568.I577H66 2009
  813'.54—dc22
                            2008045912

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For

Master Corporal Erin Melvin Doyle
KIA in the Panjwayi District, Kandahar Province,
Afghanistan, 8/11/2008.
http://www.ppcli.com/files/Last Post Inserts/Serving Patricias/MCpl Doyle.pdf

And
SPC Ray Joseph Hutchinson (Hutch)
KIA on patrol with Alpha Co 2/502 101st Airborne
in Mosul, Iraq, 12/7/2003.
http://www.rjhfoundation.org/bio.html

They do not grow old as we who are left grow old.

And, as always:
For Captain Tamara Long, USAF
Born: May 12, 1979
Died: March 23, 2003, Afghanistan
You fly with the angels now.

Baen Books by John Ringo

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When the Devil Dances
Hell's Faire
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Watch on the Rhine with Tom Kratman
Yellow Eyes with Tom Kratman
Sister Time with Julie Cochrane
Honor of the Clan with Julie Cochrane
Eye of the Storm (forthcoming)

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There Will Be Dragons
Emerald Sea
Against the Tide
East of the Sun, West of the Moon

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Unto the Breach
A Deeper Blue

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The Posleen War Rages On — Undercover!

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