- Science Fiction, comedy of manners, romance, space opera
Miles Vorkosigan launches a campaign to win the heart of Ekatarina, whose former husband died as a result of Miles' investigations in the book *Komarr*, by the same author. As a member of the Vor class, Miles and Ekatarina are constrained by many social strictures.
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Classical in form, resolved, comic and warm.
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- contemporarynostalgic
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- Author
- Lois McMaster Bujold
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 416
- Publisher
- Blackstone Audiobooks, Earthlite, Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9781433207082
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“The big groundcar jerked to a stop centimeters fromthe vehicle ahead of it, and Armsman Pym, driving, swore under his breath.”
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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