The Warrior's Apprentice

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The Warrior's Apprentice

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Author(s):

Lois McMaster Bujold

First Pub:

1986

Genre(s):

Science Fiction; Space Opera

First Read:

2016

Times Read:

1 time

Rating:

Chapters:

See 2

21 chapters

Epilogue

Internal ID:

1825

Series:

<- Shards of Honor - Ethan of Athos ->

The Vorkosigan Saga*

#2 of 16

The Vorkosigan Saga*

A series of science fiction novels and short story collections by Lois McMaster Bujold centering around Miles Vorkosigan and his parents Cordelia and Aral. This is the series in original publication order.

View this series in the book list

1) Shards of Honor
2) The Warrior's Apprentice
3) Ethan of Athos
4) Falling Free
5) Brothers in Arms
6) The Vor Game
7) Barrayar
8) Mirror Dance
9) Cetaganda
10) Memory
11) Komarr
12) A Civil Campaign
13) Diplomatic Immunity
14) Cryoburn
15) Captain Vorpatril's Alliance
16) Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen

Copyright:

Dedication:

For
Lillian Stewart Carl

First Sentence:

The tall and dour non-com wore Imperial dress greens and carried his communications panel like a field marshal’s baton.

Last Sentence:

May contain spoilers

Miles smiled.

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Extract (may contain spoilers)

Miles’s first tour of his new domain was rapid and exhausting. The Triumph was about the only encouraging part of it. Bothari lingered to go over the arrangements for keeping the horde of new prisoners secure with the overworked patrol assigned to that detail. Never had Miles seen a man wish more passionately to be twins; he half-expected Bothari to go into mitosis on the spot. The Sergeant grudgingly left Elena to be Miles’s substitute bodyguard. Once out of sight, Miles instead put Elena to work as a real executive officer, taking notes. He did not trust even his own quick memory with the mass of new detail.

A combined sickbay had been set up in the refinery’s infirmary, as the largest facility. The air was dry and cold and stale, like all recycled air, sweet with scented antiseptics overlaying a faint tang compounded of sweat, excrement, burnt meat, and fear. All medical personnel were drafted from the new prisoners, to treat their own wounded, requiring yet a couple more of Miles’s thinly spread troops as guards. They in turn were sucked in by the needs of the moment as assistant corpsmen. Miles watched Tung’s efficient surgeon and staff at work, and let this pass, limiting himself to a quiet reminder to the guards of their primary duty. So long as Tung’s medicos stayed busy it was probably safe.

Miles was unnerved by the catatonic Colonel Benar, and the two other Felician military officers who lay listlessly, barely responding to their rescue. Such little wounds, he thought, observing the slight chafing at wrists and ankles, and tiny discolorations under their skins marking hypospray injection points. By such little wounds we kill men. . . . The murdered pilot officer’s ghost, perched on his shoulder like a pet crow, stirred and ruffled itself in silent witness.

Added: 14-Jun-2015

Last Updated: 07-Jun-2023

Publications

01-Nov-1988

Baen Enterprises

Mass Market Paperback

Date Issued:

Cir 01-Nov-1988

Format:

Mass Market Paperback

Cover Price:

$2.95

Pages*:

315

Cover Link(s):

Internet Speculative Fiction Database

World Cat

amazon.com

Internal ID:

23269

Publisher:

Baen Enterprises

ISBN:

0-671-65587-6

ISBN-13:

978-0-671-65587-7

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Credits:

Alan Gutierrez - Cover Artist

"THE WARRIOR'S APPRENTICE has everything - memorable characters, adventure, action, political intrigue, war, romance, tragedy and triumph... a pleasure to read."

- PATRICIA C. WREDE,
author of
The Seven Towers

Cover:

Notes and Comments:

First printing, August 1986
Second printing, November 1988

All Covers for this edition of the series

The Warrior's Apprentice

Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.

Kindle e-Book

Date Issued:

19-Jul-2011

Format:

Kindle e-Book

Cover Price:

$6.99

Pages*:

315

Read:

Once

Reading(s):

1) 14 Dec 2016 - 31 Dec 2016

Cover Link(s):

amazon.com

Internal ID:

1859

Publisher:

Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.

ISBN:

Unknown

Country:

United States

Language:

English

From amazon.com:

Discharged from the Barrayan Military Academy, Miles Vorkosigan chances on a jumpship with a rebellious pilot and arranges to take over the ship. Events escalate from there, and soon Miles is commander of a mercenary fleet and reinvents himself as Admiral Naismith of the Dendarii Mercenary Army. "The pace is breathless, the characterizations thoughtful and emotionally powerful… Highly recommended," writes Booklist.

"Bujold's first book SHARDS OF HONOR was called 'possibly the best first novel of the year' by the Chicago Sun Times. THE WARRIOR'S APPRENTICE is even better."
- Fantasy Review

"The action is fast, furious and delicious... Best of all, Bujold achieves a fine balance of comedy with intelligence, heroics with loss, so THE WARRIOR'S APPRENTICE goes far beyond simple entertainment."
- Locus Magazine

"The pace is breathless, the characterization thoughtful and emotionally powerful, and the author's narrative technique and command of language compelling. Highly recommended."
- Booklist

“Bujold continues to prove what marvels genius can create out of basic space operatics.”
- Library Journal

“Bujold is not just a master of plot, she is a master of emotion.”
- SF Site

“Bujold is one of the best writers of SF adventure to come along in years.”
- Locus Magazine

“A superb craftsman and stylist, Ms. Bujold is well on her way to becoming one of the great voices of speculative fiction.”
- Rave Reviews

“Bujold has a gift, nearly unique in science fiction, for the comedy of manners.”
- Chicago Sun Times

“Superb far-future saga.”
- Publishers Weekly on the 'Vorkosigan' series

Bujold's "work remains among the most enjoyable and rewarding in contemporary SF."
- Publishers Weekly

"Bujold is also head and shoulders above the ruck of current fantasists and well as science-fictionists."
- Booklist.- Publishers Weekly

"Bujold is also head and shoulders above the ruck of current fantasists and well as science-fictionists."
- Booklist.

Lois McMaster Bujold was born in 1949, the daughter of an engineering professor at Ohio State University, from whom she picked up her early interest in science fiction. She now lives in Minneapolis, and has two grown children. She began writing with the aim of professional publication in 1982. She wrote three novels in three years; in October of 1985, all three sold to Baen Books, launching her career. Bujold went on to write many other books for Baen, mostly featuring her popular character Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, his family, friends, and enemies. Her books have been translated into twenty-one languages. Her fantasy from Eos includes the award-winning Chalion series and the Sharing Knife series.

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Author(s)

Lois McMaster Bujold
Birth: 02 Nov 1949 Columbus, Ohio, USA

Notes:

From the Kindle version of Shards of Honor:

Lois McMaster Bujold was born in 1949, the daughter of an engineering professor at Ohio State University, from whom she picked up her early interest in science fiction. She now lives in Minneapolis, and has two grown children. She began writing with the aim of professional publication in 1982. She wrote three novels in three years; in October of 1985, all three sold to Baen Books, launching her career. Bujold went on to write many other books for Baen, mostly featuring her popular character Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, his family, friends, and enemies. Her books have been translated into over twenty languages. Her fantasy from Eos includes the award-winning Chalion series and the Sharing Knife series.

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