- Fiction, Interplanetary voyages, Miles Vorkosigan (Fictitious character), Fiction, science fiction, general
A disgraced space hero gets a second chance. Miles Vorkosigan lied about the state of his health and is dismissed from service by his superior. But when his superior falls mentally ill and starts making mistakes it is to Miles he turns for help. By the author of Mirror Dance.
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Classical in form, contemporary, earnest and resolved.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
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- Author
- Lois McMaster Bujold
- First published
- 1996
- Pages
- 462
- Publisher
- Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc., Blackstone Audiobooks, Earthlight
- Editions
- 10
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781433201158
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“Miles returned to consciousness with his eyes still closed.”
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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