Reviews – Honoring The Enemy

· Gold Medal in Popular Fiction from the Florida Book Awards
· The Patrick D. Smith Literary Award for Best Historical Novel from the Florida Historical Society
· Finalist for the International Book Award in the category of Fiction: Historical
· Silver Award in Fiction: Historical from the FL Authors & Publishers Assoc.’s President’s Book Awards
· Finalist from the American Fiction Awards in the category of Historical Fiction

Rear Admiral Tony Cothron, USN (Ret) 
62nd Director of Naval Intelligence
“Robert Macomber’s new novel on the Spanish American War, Honoring the Enemy, is brilliant historical fiction and a must read for Navy fans and students of History and Cuba. It’s an exceptionally well researched story of a major historical event and Macomber puts ONI’s Captain Peter Wake in the middle of the exciting action ashore at San Juan Hill and at sea off Santiago de Cuba.”

Admiral James Stavridis, USN (Ret)
Supreme Allied Commander at NATO 2013-2018
Author of Sea Power: The History and Geopolitics of the World’s Oceans
“Sign on and sail to sea again with Peter Wake! This epic saga just gets better and better, and represents the best blend of accurate history, deep character analysis, and heart-stopping action being written by any sea writer today. Robert Macomber is at the helm, and what a voyage this continues to be ….”

Randy Wayne White 
NY Times best-selling creator of the Doc Ford novels
“Honoring the Enemy is one of the best Peter Wake novels to date. Mr. Macomber writes with pacing and attention to detail that rivals — and often towers above — the late Tom Clancy.”

Dewey Lambdin
Best-selling naval novelist of the over 20 books in his Alan Lewrie series
“There’s more rousing adventure, skullduggery, heroes, fools, and danger than you can shake a stick at. Buy this and enjoy.”

Mark Lardas 
Naval historian and reviewer for The Galveston Daily News (oldest newspaper in Texas since 1842) 
“In the 1940s, C. S. Forester wrote a book with stories about a Royal Navy midshipman, Horatio Hornblower, previously the subject of a novel trilogy Forester wrote in the 1930s. Adding this fourth book detailing Hornblower’s earlier career created a new literary genre: a series of books following the life of a naval officer. Forester has been widely emulated since then.  Honoring the Enemy: A Captain Peter Wake Novel, by Robert N. Macomber, follows this tradition. It’s the 14th book in a novel cycle following the career of a United States Navy officer. .The book is set in the Spanish-American War. … Whole good stand-alone adventure, Macomber prefaces the story with a timeline of Wake’s adventures to 1898. If you like nautical fiction, Honoring the Enemy will be a delightful treat.”

James A. Cox
Editor-in-Chief / Midwest Book Review
“Critique: Pure entertainment from cover to cover, Robert N. Macomber’s Honoring the Enemy is the fourteenth book in the award-winning Honor Series of historical naval novels from the Naval Institute Press. The newest Captain Peter Wake novel, Honoring the Enemy will prove to be an immediate and enduringly popular addition to community library collections. It should be noted for personal reading lists that Honoring the Enemy is also available in a digital book format.”

Thomas J. Howley ~ EDITORS’ CHOICE
Historical Novel Society’s Historical Novel Review magazine, Issue 89 (August 2019) 
“ … Fourteenth in a series, this magnificent historical novel is just fine as a stand-alone. The military, operational intelligence, and technical acumen of the well-known author are exceedingly formidable. The accompanying sketch maps are illustrative and necessary, something too often missing in many books. The Spanish are portrayed as honorable adversaries fighting a losing battle. Small, surprising and arcane historical details abound. Macomber’s work is filled with military pathos and sentiment all soldiers and sailors will instantly understand. A masterpiece, and one of the best I’ve reviewed!”