A NEW NOVEL IN THE AWARD WINNING SERIES FROM MULTIPLE NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD! Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan returns to the planet that changed her destiny.
FUTURE TENSE
Three years after her famous husband’s death, Cordelia Vorkosigan, widowed Vicereine of Sergyar, stands ready to spin her life in a new direction. Oliver Jole, Admiral, Sergyar Fleet, finds himself caught up in her web of plans in ways he’d never imagined, bringing him to an unexpected crossroads in his career.
Meanwhile, Miles Vorkosigan, one of Emperor Gregor’s key investigators, this time dispatches himself on a mission of inquiry, into a mystery he never anticipated – his own mother.
Plans, wills, and expectations collide in this sparkling science-fiction social comedy, as the impact of galactic technology on the range of the possible changes all the old rules, and Miles learns that not only is the future not what he expects, neither is the past.
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nice but not greatThe author is a damn fine writer, but the story just doesn't "grab" the reader like the earlier ones in the series. There is little in the way of suspense - the one lot of Bad Guys are more sleazy than evil, and the foiling of them is done far too easily and in an off-hand manner. Lazy.
The world-building and social-system building are done expertly.
Fans of the series will probably like it well enough. Others, probably not so much.
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I mean it's BujoldAnother exploration of the social aspects of advanced technology, in this case outliving her Love (drastically!) Return to the scene of first meeting Aral, after his death, for a new romance. It's a turn at inverse gothic romance (and aren't the Vor just great at gothic?). Quite clearly Cordelia gets a second lifetime. Also a setup of Miles's medical problems for a subsequent book, so I don't see this as the end of the series.
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Brilliant!I can't say enough about this book. It was amazing to read. I could hardly put it down!
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I wanted to know what happened after Aral(Miles's dad)died,and I know. And Miles finding out that there is life after death, a lot of life, was a pleasure. And his mother is such a intresting person
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Out of steamIt seems like Bujold has run out of steam wrt. to the Vorkosigan saga. This felt like the end, a story to tie up loose ends after wars and deaths. The only drama is when one of main characters get stung by a swarm of the local lifeforms.
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Product ReviewNot as adventure oriented as her usual fare, this entry into the Vorkosiverse was a politcal (barely) and social (primarily) romance, focused (such as it is) around growing older and recovering from loss. Most of the frisson comes from the view into the heads of the leads and the personal decisions they must make, with real, but smaller-than-normal consequences given the usual dramas.
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