distinct, but synchronized in his timeline: events in one quadrant will affect life and events in the related narratives centred on other main characters. Short fiction in the series serves as deep backstory or, like the short stories centred directly on Honor Harrington, exposes episodes of her earlier career in much the same way C. S. Forester revealed the not-yet-in-command life of the young Horatio Hornblower. Some of the more important of these tales reveal a greater knowledge of Sphinx's native species, letting the reader in on knowledge not known even to the Honorverse occupants. Among these tales are the revealed history of how treecats and humans first bonded, how the treecats protected and bonded with the Royal family, and other treecat tales of greater or lesser importance, such as how the treecat society decided to migrate to the stars. Other short stories expose points of view and life problems from places around the larger universe. Some offer insights to life behind enemy lines in the view of its citizens and their experience, or that of a protagonist in the Verge, or in the Solarian League. Worlds of Honor anthologies Stories and essays by David Weber and many other authors Weber invited to expand his Honor Harrington universe. The stories in these anthologies may either precede or be concurrent with the main Honor Harrington series. More Than Honor (January 1998) / HHA1—three stories by authors David Weber, David Drake, and S. M. Stirling plus a Honorverse background history, and including the story in which treecats and some of their characteristics first come to human knowledge. Worlds of Honor (February 1999) / HHA2—five stories by authors David Weber (two stories), Linda Evans, Jane Lindskold and Roland J. Green. Changer of Worlds (March 2001) / HHA3—four stories by authors David Weber (three stories) and Eric Flint. The short novel Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington is built around the Honorverse's eponymous character. The Service of the Sword (April 2003) / HHA4—six stories by authors David Weber, Jane Lindskold, Timothy Zahn, John Ringo, and Eric Flint; one by John Ringo and Victor Mitchell jointly. Originally to have been titled In Fire Forged—a title that was re-used for a different book in 2011. In Fire Forged (February 2011) / HHA5 Beginnings (July 2013) / HHA6 What Price Victory? (February 2023) / HHA7—stories by Timothy Zahn & Thomas Pope, Jane Lindskold, Jan Kotouč, Joelle Presby and David Weber