Torch of Freedom is a science fiction novel by American writers David Weber and Eric Flint, published on November 3, 2009.^[1] It is the second book in the Crown of Slaves series which runs parallel (timeline-wise) to the main Honor Harrington series. It is the sequel to the 2003 novel Crown of Slaves, also by David Weber and Eric Flint. The book includes a Baen CD Library disk.

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Torch of Freedom

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Author	David Weber and Eric Flint
Cover artist	David Mattingly
Country	United States
Language	English
Series	Honor Harrington series
Genre	Science fiction novel
Publisher	Baen Books
Publication date	November 3, 2009
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
Pages	602
ISBN	1-4391-3305-0 (ISBN 978-1-4391-3305-7)
OCLC	311764117
Preceded by	Crown of Slaves
Followed by	Cauldron of Ghosts

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While Anton Zilwicki and Victor Cachat were working undercover on Mesa, Mesa launches an attack at Torch. Anton Zilwicki and Victor Cachat escape Mesa amidst general mayhem together with a defecting leading scientist. The attack against Torch is thwarted by Rear Admiral Luiz Rozsak of the Solarian League Navy, who had amassed a fleet in the interest of the Maya Sector.

Queen Berry becomes romantically involved with Hugh Arai, who, after being freed from slavery by Jeremy X from the Audubon Ballroom, worked as a commando for the Beowulf Biological Survey Corps (BSC), and was assigned by Jeremy X as Berry's bodyguard.

The book was reviewed by Daniel Ostrowski for the Polish fanzine Fahrenheit.^[2]