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Brothers in Arms

71.4% complete
1989
2018
1 time
16 chapters
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 The Vorkosigan Saga*
#5 of 16
The Vorkosigan Saga*   See series as if on a bookshelf
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.

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
® 1989
For Martha and Andy
His combat-drop shuttle crouched still and silent in the repairs docking bay - malevolent, to Miles’s jaundiced eye.
May contain spoilers
Miles was still thinking about the answer to that one when the fleet broke orbit.
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Extract (may contain spoilers)
The constable frowned, but did not stop him.

The autodoors were not working. Miles stood baffled before the glass a moment, then pounded on it. There was shadowy movement behind the iridescent shimmer. A very long pause, and the doors slid open about a third of a meter; Miles turned sideways and slipped through. A man inside shoved them shut again by hand and jammed a metal brace in their slot.

The interior of the wine shop was a shambles. Miles gasped at the fumes in the air, aromatic vapors from shattered bottles. You could get plastered just from breathing. The carpeting squished underfoot.

Miles glanced around, to determine who he wanted to murder first. The one who’d unblocked the door stood out, as he was wearing only underwear.

“ ’S Admiral Naismith,” the doorman hissed. He came to a tilted attention, and saluted.

“Whose army are you in, soldier?” Miles growled at him. The man’s hands made little waving motions, as if to offer explanations by mime. Miles couldn’t dredge up his name.

Another Dendarii, in uniform this time, was sitting on the floor with his back to a pillar. Miles squatted down, considering hauling him to his feet, or at least his knees, by his jacket and bracing him. Miles stared into his face. Little red eyes like coals in the caverns of his eye-sockets stared back without recognition. “Eugh,” muttered Miles, and rose without further attempt to communicate. That one’s consciousness was somewhere in wormhole space.

 

Added: 14-Jun-2015
Last Updated: 20-Nov-2019

Publications

 02-Oct-2011
Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.
Kindle e-Book
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Date Issued:
02-Oct-2011
Format:
Kindle e-Book
Cover Price:
$6.99
Pages*:
338
Read:
Once
Reading(s):
1)   13 Sep 2018 - 27 Sep 2018
Cover Link(s):
Internal ID:
1862
ISBN:
Unknown
Country:
United States
Language:
English
From amazon.com:

Miles is having enough trouble keeping his two identities separate -- the charismatic Admiral Naismith of the Denarii Mercenary Fleet and a Vor lord of the Barrayan aristocracy -- when assassination attempts begin. But are his enemies after Miles Naismith or Lord Miles Vorkosigan? The problem of split identities becomes even more confused when a clone of Miles is discovered, in this novel Booklist called "a first-rate sf tale that mixes court intrigue and galactic warfare."

on BROTHERS IN ARMS:
"The cloned brother of a deformed yet charismatic leader struggles to find his own worth and be accepted by his parents in a first-rate sf tale that mixes court intrigue with galactic warfare."
- Booklist

on LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD:
“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

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