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Komarr

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1998
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21 chapters
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 The Vorkosigan Saga*
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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
Copyright © 1998 by Lois McMaster Bujold
No dedication.
The last gleaming sliver of Komarr's true-sun melted out of sight beyond the low hills on the western horizon.
May contain spoilers
Shall we go ask about that hydroponics tour?"
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Extract (may contain spoilers)
Captain Tuomonen arranged to rendezvous with Miles and Tien in the lobby of the Vorsoissons’ residence building, rather than at the Terraforming Project offices, a blandly sociable gesture that did not fool Miles for a moment. The Imperial Auditor was to be saddled with an ImpSec guard whether he’d ordered one or not, it appeared. Miles almost looked forward to seeing the test of Tuomonen’s polite ingenuity that this security determination was doubtless going to demonstrate.

At the bubble-car platform across the park, Miles seized the opportunity to shunt Tien into another car and claim a private one for himself and Tuomonen, the better to decant the night’s news from him. A few early morning commuters crowded in with the administrator, and his car slid away into the tubes. But as soon as the next pair of Komarrans, already hesitant at the sight of the green Imperial uniform, got close enough to make out the ImpSec eyes on the captain’s collar, they sheered off hastily from any attempt to join Miles’s little party.

“Do you always get a bubble-car to yourself?” Miles inquired of Tuomonen as the canopy closed and the car began to move.

“When I’m in uniform. Works like a charm.” Tuomonen smiled slightly. “But if I want to eavesdrop on Serifosans, I make sure to wear civvies.”

“Ha. So what’s the status on Radovas’s library this morning?”

“I dispatched one of the compound guards last night to hand-carry it to HQ in Solstice. Solstice is three time zones ahead of us; their analyst should have started on it by now.”

“Good.” Miles’s brow wrinkled. Compound guards? “Um . . . just how big is ImpSec Serifosa, Captain Tuomonen?”

“Well, there’s myself, my desk sergeant, and two corporals. We keep the database, coordinate information flow to HQ, and provide support for any investigators HQ sends out on special projects. Then there is my lieutenant who commands the guards at the Sector Sub-Consulate compound. He has a unit of ten men to cover security there.”

The Imperial Councilor was how the Barrayaran Viceroy of Komarr was styled, in deference to local custom. Miles’s incognito arrival in Serifosa had excused him, or so he’d chosen to pretend, from a courtesy call on the Councilor’s Serifosa Sector regional deputy. “Only ten men? For around the clock, all week?”

“I’m afraid so.” Tuomonen smiled wryly. “Not much goes on in Serifosa, my lord. It was one of the least active Domes in the Komarr Revolt, a tradition of political apathy it has since maintained. It was the first Sector to have its occupying Imperial garrison withdrawn. One of my Komarran in-laws facetiously blames the lack of urban renewal in the Dome’s central section on the previous generation’s failure to arrange for it to have been leveled by Imperial forces.” That aging and decrepit area was visible now in the distance, as the car reached the top of an arc and bumped into an intersecting tube. They rotated and began to descend toward Serifosa’s newer rim.

 

Added: 14-Jun-2015
Last Updated: 28-Oct-2024

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 01-Apr-1999
Baen Enterprises
Mass Market Paperback
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Date Issued:
Cir 01-Apr-1999
Format:
Mass Market Paperback
Cover Price:
$6.99
Pages*:
366
Catalog ID:
57808-1
Internal ID:
43748
Publisher:
ISBN:
0-671-57808-1
ISBN-13:
978-0-671-57808-4
Printing:
1
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Gary Ruddell  - Cover Artist
"LOIS GETS GOODER, BETTER, BEST!"
Anne McCaffrey


Komarr could be a garden - with a thousand more years work.  Or an uninhabitable wasteland, if the terraforming fails.  Now the solar mirror vital to the terraforming of the conquered planet has been shattered by a ship hurtling off course.  The Emperor of Barrayar sends his newest Imperial Auditor, Lord Miles Vorkosigan, to find out why.

The choice is not a popular one on Komarr, Where a betrayal a generation before drenched the name of Vorkosigan in blood.  In the political and physical claustrophobia of the domed cities, are the Komarrans surrounding Miles loyal subjects, potential hostages, innocent victims, or rebels bidding for revenge?

Lies within lies, treachery within treachery Miles is caught in a race against time to stop a plot that could exile him from Barrayar forever.  His burning hope lies in an unexpected ally, one with wounds as deep and honor as beleaguered as his own.
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 02-Aug-2011
Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.
Kindle e-Book
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Date Issued:
02-Aug-2011
Format:
Kindle e-Book
Cover Price:
$7.99
Pages*:
332
Read:
Once
Reading(s):
1)   16 Mar 2020 - 20 Mar 2020
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Internal ID:
2167
ISBN:
Unknown
Country:
United States
Language:
English
From amazon.com:

Komarr could be a garden - with a thousand more years work. Or an uninhabitable wasteland, if the terraforming fails. Now the solar mirror vital to the terraforming of the conquered planet has been shattered by a ship hurtling off course. The Emperor of Barrayar sends his newest Imperial Auditor, Lord Miles Vorkosigan, to find out why.

In the political and physical claustrophobia of the domed cities, are the Komarrans surrounding Miles loyal subjects, potential hostages, innocent victims, or rebels bidding for revenge? Miles is caught in a race against time to stop a plot that could exile him from Barrayar forever. His hope lies in an unexpected ally, one with wounds as deep and honor as beleaguered as his own.

"Miles is a hugely popular character with fans--and they won't be disappointed with his latest adventure."
- Therese Littleton

“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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01-Apr-1999
Baen Enterprises
Mass Market Paperback

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02-Aug-2011
Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc.
Kindle e-Book

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 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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