When Enemies Become More than Friends—
THEY WIN
In her first trial by fire, Cordelia Naismith captained a throwaway ship of the Betan Expeditionary Force on a mission to destroy an enemy armada. Discovering deception within deception, treachery within treachery, she was forced into a separate peace with her chief opponent, Lord Aral Vorkosigan —he who was called "The Butcher of Komarr"—and would consequently become an outcast on her own planet and the Lady Vorkosigan on his.
Sick of combat and betrayal, she was ready to settle down to a quiet life, interrupted only by the occasion ceremonial appearances required of the Lady Vorkosigan. But when the Emperor died, Aral became guardian of the infant heir to the imperial throne of Barrayar —and the target of high-tech assassins in a dynastic civil war that was reminiscent of Earth's Middle Ages, but fought with up-to-the minute biowar technology. Neither Aral nor Cordelia guessed the part that their cell-damaged unborn would play in Barrayar's bloody legacy.
| Publisher's Note: Cordelia's Honor is comprised of two parts: Shards of Honor and Barrayar. Together they form a continuous story following the life of Cordelia Vorkosigan nee Naismith from the day she met her then-enemy Lord Aral Vorkosigan through the boyhood of her son Miles. Barrayar won the Hugo Award for best science fiction novel of the year. |
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Product ReviewBreathtakingly candid treatise of humanity at its best and worst. And a great read, too.
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Product ReviewWith this work, Bujold shows her mastery of science fiction, both the technological and human sides. Also, the ending of Shards of Honor was one of the most touching and human pieces I've ever read.
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Product ReviewNot only good in itself, it is the bud from which a remarkable series blooms. Read them in order if you can. The collection versions make it relatively easy.
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Product ReviewI want more Bujold books! More than that--I want more writers *like* Bujold! In a genre unfortunately crowded with jingoistic battle-porn, Bujold actually treats characters with all points of view as *people* complex, many-sided, capable of changing and growing.
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