In Fire Forged, published February 1, 2011, is the fifth anthology

Anthology

An anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler. It may be a collection of poems, short stories, plays, songs, or excerpts...

 of stories set in the fictional Honorverse

Honorverse

The Honorverse refers to the military science fiction book series and sub-series created by David Weber and published by Baen Books. The series is set primarily after Honor Harrington's October 1, 3961, birth; although she is the protagonist in most of the stories, more recent entries make only...

The book contains the following stories:

"Ruthless" by Jane Lindskold

Jane Lindskold

Jane M. Lindskold is an American writer of fantasy and science fiction short stories and novels.Jane M. Lindskold was born in 1962, at the Columbia Hospital for Women. She is the first of four siblings: Ann M. Lindskold Nalley, Graydon M. Lindskold, and Susan M. Lindskold Speer. Lindskold's...

, a sequel to her previous short story ("Promised Land" from The Service of the Sword), involving Michael Winton and Judith.

"An Act of War" by Timothy Zahn

Timothy Zahn

Timothy Zahn is a writer of science fiction short stories and novels. His novella Cascade Point won the 1984 Hugo award. He is the author of nine Star Wars Expanded Universe novels, including seven novels featuring Grand Admiral Thrawn: the Thrawn Trilogy, the Hand of Thrawn duology, Outbound...

, is a sequel to his previous short story ("With One Stone" from The Service of the Sword). It features "Charles", a slippery, conniving, elusive, less than totally honest dealer in black-market technology.

"Let's Dance" by David Weber

David Weber

David Mark Weber is an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Weber and his wife Sharon live in Greenville, South Carolina with their three children and "a passel of dogs"....

, is the longest story. It covers the Casimir raid prior to On Basilisk Station, and how then Commander Honor Harrington broke up a slave depot on Casimir (an event mentioned in At All Costs

At All Costs

-Plot summary:Due to the actions of the High Ridge government in War of Honor, which led to a successful attack on key Alliance shipyards by the Republic of Haven, the Star Kingdom of Manticore finds itself decidedly on the short end of the strategic balance between the two warring star nations...

).

"An Introduction to Modern Starship Armor Design", by Mr. Hegel DiLutorio, CAPT, RMN, ret. HMSS Hephaestus, 1906 PD is an in depth design study regarding the history and design of laser heads and armor.

Quote from interview

During a podcast interview with "TheD6Generation", David Weber

David Weber

David Mark Weber is an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio. Weber and his wife Sharon live in Greenville, South Carolina with their three children and "a passel of dogs"....

 appeared to be referring to both In Fire Forged and the upcoming October 2010 Young Adult book when he said:

"And all of these books will be set 250 years before Honor Harrington's birth. So, the Star Kingdom of Manticore is basically Denmark at this point, a small prosperous, back of nowhere different kingdom."

However, even a quick scan of the plotlines leads one to the conclusion that Weber must have instead been referring to only the upcoming Young Adult book.

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