"Friends Indeed (Star Kingdom (Weber))" by David Weber and Jane Lindskold

"Friends Indeed (Star Kingdom (Weber))" by David Weber and Jane Lindskold
    https://www.amazon.com/Friends-Indeed-Star-Kingdom-Weber/dp/1668073102

Book number five of a five book young adult science fiction series.  I 
read the well printed and well bound MMPB published by Baen in 2025 that 
I bought in 2025 from Amazon.  This series is a prequel to the very 
popular Honorverse series of over 30 books now.  I expect to purchase 
and read any future books in the series.

Several treecats have now adopted humans on the frontier planet Sphinx 
and people are starting to notice.  Whats more, the treecats and humans 
are still purposefully understating the treecats intelligence and 
lethality.  And the adopted humans are starting to note the weak mental 
connections to their treecats and realizing that it is a life bond.

The royal crown of Manticore is starting to take note of the treecats
and their intelligence.  Battle lines are being formed in the arguments
about their intelligence versus copycat behavior.  And a noted
exobiologist is considering rating the treecats as a 1.0 on the scale of
sapience with human beings being a 1.0.

David Weber has a website at:
    https://www.davidweber.net/

My rating: 4.4 out of 5 stars
Amazon rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (811 reviews)

Lynn