Different flavors of mil-SF, but both quite entertaining, nonetheless. Of course, where Honor is a proper naval officer, Torin is a groundpounding NCO with a far grittier take on things. Maybe it’s the titles, or maybe it’s because both series star badass military lady protagonists, but I can’t help but compare the Valor series to David Weber’s Honor Harrington books. There’s something to be said here in how the most prominent non-human species in the series are basically personifications of our baser biological urges. Oh, and instead of British colonial infantry, Valor’s regiment is made up of humans, super-omnivorous (and occasionally cannibalistic) space apes, and super-sexy bisexual space elves. Only with alien lizardmen instead of zulus. The first book, Valor’s Choice, is straight up Roarke’s Drift IN SPAAAAACE. Over the course of the novels, Torin is sent around the galaxy to shoot various aliens and otherwise have various adventures. The books center around Gunnery Sergeant Torin Kerr, a tough-as nails space marine. The Truth of Valor is the fifth novel in Tanya Huff’s Confederation series. (I’m looking at you, Urban Fantasy).īut yeah. If nothing else, at least it’s not a cheesecakey picture of a woman with great hair and tight leather pants. Then again, The Truth of Valor is a standard sci-fi adventure, so it’s not like the cover’s misleading.

It’s a good thing I’m familiar with them, too, as honestly that’s kiiiind of a generic sci-fi adventure cover with kind of a generic title. I was quite excited to find this one in the dollar bin at a used bookstore, as I’ve read a bunch of the earlier books in the series.

Which brings us to Tanya Huff’s The Truth of Valor. Which, well, I’ve got at least two or three more non-fiction books in my to-read pile, but sometimes you just want to mix things up. For Houston! Because this blog might have started to qualify as educational or something if I kept up with all the non-fiction. Book Review: Tanya Huff’s The Truth of ValorĪnd it’s back to science fiction here on Dial H.

Valor's Choice by Tanya Huff