By Lois McMaster Bujold
FIRST e-book that includes CORDELIA NAISMITH. trip again to the place it began, from a number of New York instances best promoting writer, Hugo Award winner, Lois McMaster Bujold.
When Cordelia Naismith and her survey team are attacked by way of a renegade workforce from Barrayar, she is taken prisoner by way of Aral Vorkosigan, commander of the Barrayan send that has been taken over by way of an bold and ruthless team member. Aral and Cordelia live to tell the tale numerous mishaps whereas their mutual admiration or even more suitable emotions emerge.
About Shards of Honor:
“All in all, Shards is a precious attempt, and value interpreting for any fan of SF romance.”—Analog
About Lois McMaster Bujold’s Vorkosigan Saga:
“Bujold mixes quirky humor with motion [and] really good personality development…[E]normously satisfying.”—Publishers Weekly.
“One of sf’s impressive skills . . . a superb series.”—Booklist
“. . . an clever, well-crafted and punctiliously pleasurable combination of event, sociopolitical remark, medical experiments, and low perils . . . with that additional spicing of romance. . . .”—Locus
The Vorkosigan sequence in Story-based Chronological Order
Falling Free
Shards of Honor
Barrayar
The Warrior's Apprentice
The Vor Game
Cetaganda
Ethan of Athos
Borders of Infinity
Brothers in Arms
Mirror Dance
Memory
Komarr
A Civil Campaign
Diplomatic Immunity
Captain Vorpatril's Alliance
CryoBurn
Omnibus Editions
MILES, secret & MAYHEM
contains Cetaganda, Ethan of Athos
YOUNG MILES
contains The Warrior's Apprentice + stories
CORDELIA’S HONOR
contains Shards of Honor, Barayarr
MILES, MUTANTS & MICROBES
contains Falling unfastened, Diplomatic Immunity
MILES IN LOVE
contains Komarr, A Civil Campaign
MILES ERRANT
contains Brothers in fingers, reflect Dance
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Extra resources for Shards of Honor (Vorkosigan Saga)
The usual rumors," Gottyan dismissed this. "So you didn't believe I was dead? " probed Vorkosigan. "I used to be definite you have been. I took over—where did you positioned the sealed orders, via the manner? We became your cabin within out taking a look for them. " Vorkosigan smiled dryly and shook his head. "I shall no longer increase your temptations. " "No subject. " Gottyan's target did no longer waver. "Then day prior to yesterday that psychopathic idiot Bothari came to see me in my cabin. He gave me the actual tale of what occurred at the Betans' camp. Surprised the hell out of me—I'd have thought he'd be delighted at a likelihood to slit your throat. So we got here again the following to perform floor education. I used to be convinced you would flip up quicker or later—I anticipated you before this. " "I was once behind schedule. " Vorkosigan shifted place slightly, away from Cordelia's line of fire toward Gottyan. "Where's Bothari now? " "Solitary confinement. " Vorkosigan winced. "That's very undesirable for him. I take it you didn't spread the news of my narrow escape? " "Not even Radnov knows. He still thinks Bothari gutted you. " "Smug, is he? " "Smug as a cat. i would have taken nice excitement in wiping his face at the board, if simply you would had the solid grace to meet with an accident on your hike. " Vorkosigan grimaced wryly. "It turns out to me you have not quite made up your mind what you really want to do. May I suggest it is not too late, even now, to change course? " "You could never overlook this," stated Gottyan uncertainly. "In my younger and more stiff-necked days, perhaps not. yet to tell you the truth, I'm getting a little tired of slaying my enemies to train them a lesson. " Vorkosigan raised his chin and held Gottyan's eyes. "If you like, you can have my word. You know the worth of it. " The disruptor trembled a bit of in Gottyan's hand, as he wavered on the edge of his decision. Cordelia, barely breathing, saw water status in his eyes. One does no longer weep for the living, she thought, but for the dead; in that moment, whereas Vorkosigan nonetheless doubted, she knew he intended to fire. She introduced her stunner up, took cautious aim, and squeezed off a burst. It buzzed weakly, yet it was once sufficient to deliver Gottyan, head turning at the unexpected movement, to his knees. Vorkosigan pounced on the disruptor, then relieved him of his plasma arc and knocked him to the ground. "Damn you," croaked Gottyan, half-paralyzed. "Haven't you ever been outmaneuvered? " "If I had I would not be here," shrugged Vorkosigan. He subjected Gottyan to a speedy search, confiscating his knife and a number of other objects. "Who do you have posted as pickets? " "Sens to the north, Koudelka to the south. " Vorkosigan got rid of Gottyan's belt and certain his arms behind his back. "You really did have trouble making up your mind, did not you? " In an apart to Cordelia he explained, "Sens is one of Radnov's.