- Miles Vorkosigan (Fictitious character), Alliances, FICTION / Science Fiction / General, Fiction
"Book Fourteen in the best-selling Vorkosigan series. Captain Ivan Vorpatril is happy with his relatively uneventful bachelor's life of a staff officer to a Barrayaran admiral. Ivan, cousin to Imperial troubleshooter Miles Vorkosigan, is not far down the hereditary list for the emperorship.
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Classical in form, contemporary, resolved and richly built.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- resolvedopen-ended
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
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- Author
- Lois McMaster Bujold
- First published
- 2012
- Pages
- 432
- Publisher
- Baen, Distributed by Simon & Schuster, Blackstone Audio, Inc.
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9782290075401
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One of the most respected writers in the field of speculative fiction, **Lois McMaster Bujold** burst onto the scene in 1986 with Shards of Honor, the first of her tremendously popular Vorkosigan Saga novels. She has received numerous accolades and prizes, including the Nebula Award (for Falling Free), three Hugo Awards for Best Novel (The Vor Game, Barrayar, and Mirror Dance), as well as the Hugo and Nebula Awards for her novella Mountains of Mourning. Her short story, “Labyrinth,” won first place in Analog Magazine's annual awards. The mother of two, Ms. Bujold lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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