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Mass Market Paperback Barrayar Book

ISBN: 067172083X

ISBN13: 9780671720834

Barrayar

(Book #3 in the Vorkosigan Saga Chronological Series)

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THIRD ENTRY IN A BELOVED SERIES. The Vorkosigan Saga spans over a dozen novels and has won multiple awards and sold 1.8 million copies. Sick of combat and betrayal, Cordelia Vorkosigan is ready to settle down to a quiet life. But when the Emperor dies, her husband Aral becomes guardian of the infant heir to the imperial throne of Barrayar and the target of high-tech assassins in a dynastic civil war. But neither Aral nor Cordelia can guess the part that their cell-damaged unborn will play in Barrayar's bloody legacy. Winner of the Hugo Award. About Lois McMaster Bujold: ". . . all the virtues we have come to expect from Bujold, including more and more prose that sings."--The Chicago Sun Times "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 The Vorkosigan Series in Story-based Chronological OrderFalling FreeShards of HonorBarrayarThe Warrior's ApprenticeThe Vor GameCetagandaEthan of AthosBorders of InfinityBrothers in ArmsMirror DanceMemoryKomarrA Civil CampaignDiplomatic ImmunityCaptain Vorpatril's AllianceCryoBurn Omnibus EditionsMILES, MYSTERY & MAYHEMcontains Cetaganda, Ethan of Athos YOUNG MILEScontains The Warrior's Apprentice + stories CORDELIA'S HONORcontains Shards of Honor, Barayarr MILES, MUTANTS & MICROBEScontains Falling Free, Diplomatic Immunity MILES IN LOVEcontains Komarr, A Civil Campaign MILES ERRANTcontains Brothers in Arms, Mirror Dance This description may be from another edition of this product.

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Rated 5 stars
Finishes the Story Arc Begun in Shards of Honor

To start with, if you haven't yet read Shards of Honor, the first novel in the tales of Miles Vorkosigan (even though it doesn't actually feature Miles, it's about how his parents met), STOP, go back and read it before approaching Barrayar. You'll be glad you did. These two novels, written seven years apart, tell one complete story arc. How that came to be is an interesting story. Shards of Honor and Barrayar form the beginning...

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So that's what happened to Miles!

Barrayar is, chronologically, the second book in the Miles Vorkosigan series, though it was written after the first few books of that series came out. It continues the story of Miles' mother, Cordelia Naismith (though now she's married, so it's really Cordelia Vorkosigan). It ends with a very young Miles, neatly tying into the beginning of Miles' story (which is what the rest of the series is about). Barrayar won a Hugo...

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Hugo award-winning 3rd story in the Vorkosigan Saga.

"Barrayar," winner of the Hugo award, is itself out of print, but available in the new paperback, "Cordelia's Honor," which also has "Shards of Honor." Both together are the story of Cordelia Naismith, a survey officer from civilized, polite Beta. She was first captured by, then married, Lord Aral Vorkosigan, "The Butcher of Komarr." "Barrayer" is the story of the incredible effect Cordelia had on Vorkosigan's warrior...

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I LOVED this book

I read this book a few years ago and I loved it!!! It has stayed with me and is singularly responsible for my love and respect for this author. I tend to enjoy books with good characterizations and this one is chalked full of it. I loved Cordelia Naismith, Aral Vorkosigan and Bothari. This book is powerful and every bit deserving of the awards it has received. Lots of intrigue, suspense and just plain superb writing...

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Rated 5 stars
My favorite SF author

If you haven't read any of Lois McMaster Bujold's books then you are extraordinarily lucky. You may think this statement odd, since I rated _Barrayar_ a 9. You are lucky because you get to read them for this first time. I bought _Barrayar_ on a whim, read it in one day, then went out and bought everything else Bujold had written. This is a novel of people, not science or machines. Bujold's characters are well-drawn,...

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