Cordelia and Vorkosigan are meant for one another, and I was happy to follow them on their adventures. Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold is a fun-filled space opera mixed with a romance. There is enough plot in this novel for at least a trilogy.

Mehta, and Betan President Steady Freddy. Some Barrayans they face are Sergeant Bothari, Emperor Ezar Vobarra, Crown Prince Serg Vobarra, Admiral Vorrutyer, Imperial Lieutenant Simon Illyan, and Ensign Koudelka. Vorkosigan faces challenges on Barrayar, and Cordelia faces challenges on Beta Colony. Through the course of the novel, they are separated and reunite. During the walk, Vorkosigan and Cordelia develop a mutual respect that leads to a romance. Vorkosigan plans to get resupplied and retake his ship. Vorkosigan, Cordelia, and Dubauer walk five days to a Barrayan supply cache. Cordelia sends her ship away to warn the Beta Colony. Vorkosigan takes Cordelia and Ensign Dubauer, her brain scrambled crewmember, as his prisoners. The pro-war faction stage a mutiny against Vorkosigan, kill Cordelia’s shipmates that are on the surface of the planet, and leave Vorkosigan to die. The Barrayaran aristocracy uses the honorific of Vor and Aral is a high-ranking member. A warship named the General Vorkraft, commanded by Aral Vorkosigan, is sent to Sergyer to control the system. They secretly claim the planet named Sergyer and the important wormhole gate that the system contains. Some factions of the government are pushing for war.

Barrayar is an isolationistic materialistic society ruled by an Emperor. Her spaceship is called the Rene Magritte. The Betan Astronomical Survey sends Commander Cordelia Naismith to peacefully examine an unclaimed planet named Sergyer for resources. Beta Colony is a technology-rich but resource-poor system.

In Shards of Honor by Lois McMaster Bujold humans populate many solar systems connected by wormhole gates. Supply cache, or will they kill each other before they arrive? Summary Vorkosigan takes her prisoner and they must hike fiveĭays to a Barrayaran supply cache to be rescued. The crew of Captain Aral Vorkosigan’s ship mutiny and drive off the Betans, Is the leader of the Betan Astronomical Survey studying the unclaimed planet named McMaster Bujold is book one of the Vorkosigan saga. McMaster Bujold, Book #1 of the Vorkosigan saga.

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