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PublisherBaen Books

ISBN-100671578286

ISBN-139780671578282

eBay Product ID (ePID)282383

Product Key Features

Book TitleCordelia's Honor

Number of Pages608 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1999

TopicScience Fiction / Action & Adventure, Science Fiction / General

GenreFiction

AuthorLois Mcmaster Bujold

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight10.3 Oz

Item Length6.8 in

Item Width4.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal813/.54

SynopsisThis volume combines the first two novels in the popular "Vorkosigan" series, telling the story of Cordelia Vorkosigan nee Naismith from the day she met her then-enemy Lord Aral Vorkosigan through the boyhood of her son, Miles. A Hugo Award winner., Sick of combat and betrayal, Cordelia Naismith 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., When Enemies Become More thanFriends THEY WIN In herfirst trial by fire, Cordelia Naismith captained a throwaway ship of the BetanExpeditionary Force on a mission to destroy an enemy armada. Discoveringdeception within deception, treachery within treachery, she was forced into aseparate peace with her chief opponent, Lord Aral Vorkosigan he who was called"The Butcher of Komarr"and would consequently become an outcast on her ownplanet and the Lady Vorkosigan on his. Sick ofcombat and betrayal, she was ready to settle down to a quiet life, interruptedonly by the occasion ceremonial appearances required of the Lady Vorkosigan. Butwhen the Emperor died, Aral became guardian of the infant heir to the imperialthrone of Barrayar and the target of high-tech assassins in a dynastic civil warthat was reminiscent of Earth's Middle Ages, but fought with up-to-the minutebiowar technology. Neither Aral nor Cordelia guessed the part that theircell-damaged unborn would play in Barrayar's bloodylegacy. Publisher's Note: Cordelia's Honor iscomprised of two parts: Shards of Honor and Barrayar. Together they form acontinuous story following the life of Cordelia Vorkosigan nee Naismith from theday she met her then-enemy Lord Aral Vorkosigan through the boyhood of her sonMiles. Barrayar won the Hugo Award for best science fiction novel of theyear.