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Review:f you relish costume adventure in an intergalactic society starring strong, convincing male and female characters, you'll adore the
Vorkosigan Series. If you haven't met Miles Vorkosigan, whose brilliance, manic energy, and unstoppable determination make him a
larger-than-life hero despite his dwarfish stature, pick up Komarr and A Civil Campaign. Read them, and then go back and catch
the previous nine books (10 if you count Ethan of Athos, which features not Miles but his partner, Ellie Quinn); or read the series in
order, starting with the romance of Miles's parents in Shards of Honor.
A Civil Campaign opens where Komarr ends, with Miles dete...
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Review:This collection of short stories includes tales that take place before The Vor Game and others extending
past Brothers in Arms. The variation in tone across the tales is handled exceptionally well, as we see
Miles mourn and get a better look at his relationship with Illyan. The stories include Miles's first outing as a
detective, in which he's faced with a case of infanticide in the mutant-phobic hill country; his largest
rescue mission ever; and the most distressed damsel for whom he ever played the knight.
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Review:les is stuck visiting Cetaganda with his doltish cousin Ivan, representing Barrayaran nobility at an
Imperial funeral. Miles must have suspected that it wasn't going to be dull after the bogus docking
instructions and the odd man who launched himself into their ship and started to pull a weapon on them.
Three attacks and a mysterious murder later, Miles is juggling two emperors, two secret services, and a
half-dozen traitors--and that's not even counting the women.
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Review:After the audacious prison camp escapade described in Borders of Infinity, Miles is on the run from the
Cetagandans, who aren't about to take that kind of thing lying down. The worst of it is, Miles and his
friends are starting to see double, and it takes a while to find out who is responsible.
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