![]() ![]() ![]() While most of Cordelia’s crew have escaped, her last surviving colleague, Ensign Dubauer, has been mentally disabled by a nerve disruptor. It addresses moral questions about the treatment of prisoners and wounded. Yet there’s much more to this novel than romance. In order to reach a hidden supply cache and survive, they need to cooperate. But there’s a wrinkle in Vorkosigan’s plans: his own men have mutinied, and his position is as precarious as Cordelia’s. The Barrayarans have secretly claimed the unmapped planet of Sergyar as a base for their expansionist war, and they wipe out Cordelia’s camp. Cordelia Naismith, the commander of an environmental survey expedition, is taken prisoner by Aral Vorkosigan, an enemy captain from Barrayar. The story begins like a predictable romance. The Baen paperback cover art, with an artist’s evocation of Aral and Cordelia. ![]()
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