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Shards of Honor

By: Lois McMaster Bujold
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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 It was the wrong war, in the wrong place, at the wrong time, for the wrong reasons. And Captain Cordelia Naismith of the Betan Expeditionary Force would be forced into a separate peace with her enemy, Lord Vorkosigan.

Shards of Honor is the novel in which Lois McMaster Bujold introduced the science-fiction world to Barrayar and Aral Vorkosigan, Beta Colony and Cordelia Naismith. From this beginning the author has created a multigenerational saga spanning time as well as space.

Bujold is generally recognized as the current exemplar of the character-based science-fiction adventure story.

©1986 Lois McMaster Bujold (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction

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"[Bujold] gives [her] characters enough emotional depth, and enough sense, to raise their story beyond cliché." ( Locus)
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I really enjoyed the female protagonist focused storyline, with a plot that kept me guessing. The reading was quite enjoyable, the only thing I have to critique would be that on occasion distinguishing between characters was not obvious. On the plus side though, the reading of female characters was well done, something that can very much be a hit and miss by male narrators.
Overall, very enjoyable, going to happily start the next book by Lois McMaster Bujold!

Love a good female protagonist in Sci-fi

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This lady author can really compose a good story.
I did think as this was labelled Book 2, it was going to be a continuation but it was a totally different yarn.
Nonetheless, I found it most absorbing.

Very Enjoyable

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I love this book, always have
But the performer was terrible. The emotion that the book is describing is completely lost in his reading.

Great boom terrible performance

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Better than Barrayar but that is not saying much. Cordelia’s romance could have been done better than the worst Mill and Boons writer.

Only for people who want to read every book in the series.

3.5 stars really.

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Whenever I'm feeling in need of cheering up, this (and the even better sequel) are my go to books. I love the developing relationship between Cordelia and Aral. The art of falling in love with the "bad" guy, making concessions for a relationship and knowing when to draw the line.

While all the Vorkosigan books are good, for my money they reach great when the characters from these two books turn up to make Mile's life difficult.

One of my favourites.

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