Friends Indeed

In this prequel to the Honorverse series, "Heart of the Mountain" follows Stephanie Harrington, who, as a teenager, becomes the first human to bond with the indigenous treecats of the planet Sphinx. As she champions their cause amidst a galaxy that questions their sapience, the stakes escalate with a conspiracy that could alter the fate of both the treecats and Sphinx itself. With potential winners and losers in the balance, Stephanie faces the challenge of ensuring the treecats' survival against a backdrop of larger conflicts.