Shards of Honor

by Lois McMaster Bujold Narrated by Grover Gardner

Overview

Captain Cordelia Naismith of the Betan Expeditionary Force was on a routine mission to study the life forms on an uninhabited, neutral planet. Little did she know that the enemy Barrayarans had chosen this place as their secret base for an as-yet undeclared war. Separated from her team, Cordelia is captured by Lord Aral Vorkosigan, the leader in charge of the Barrayaran mission. Aral himself is caught in a web of political intrigue that has led to a recent attempt on his life. As the two strangers struggle together across the unfriendly terrain of the foreign planet toward Aral's ship, they discover that their greatest danger may be the romance inconveniently developing between them, on the brink of a war that will divide their peoples more strongly than ever.

Recognized as the current exemplar of character-based science fiction, Bujold debuts her beloved Vorkosigan saga with this tale about the future parents of Miles Vorkosigan.

Editorial Reviews

Tom Easton

…focusing on…the separation of lovers by politics and human depravity and their reunion in spite of it all. Yet the tale is not quite so simple…Bujold has a nice hand with the complications…all in all, Shards is a worthy effort, and worth reading for any fan of SF romance.
— Analog

Faren Miller

(Bujold) gives (her) characters enough emotional depth, and enough sense, to raise their story beyond cliché.
—Locus

Product Details

BN ID:	2940169804492
Publisher:	Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date:	04/20/2009
Series:	Vorkosigan Saga , #2
Edition description:	Unabridged

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