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A review by kitsuneheart
Brothers in Arms by Lois McMaster Bujold
5.0
After a major battle, Miles and his Dendarii Mercenaries dock at Earth for personnel and ships to get a little repair. After checking in with the Barryaran embassy, Miles proceeds to hurry up and wait for payment from the Imperium, taking every stopgap measure he can to avoid bankrupting his little army.
But the money never comes, and little hints of old revolution from the takeover of Komarr begin to surface about the son of the Butcher of Komarr. Miles has to figure out where his cash has gone, and whether he can trust the embassy in the first place. Jumping between the persona of Miles Vorkosigan and Admiral Naismith is hard enough when he's got a long space journey to adjust, but now he must do so between one room and another, and on a planet where there are people looking to get one over on him in BOTH his personas.
It's times like these Miles wishes there were two of him to take up the slack. Sigh...if only....
I feel like this book is the one that begins the golden age of the Vorkosigan Saga, for me. Our second-to-last major character has arrived, and two of the biggest conflicts of the series are presented: Komarr and Mark. Miles begins to face down some of the legacy made by his father, forging his own place in history books.
Continually fantastic as the series is, you're going to enjoy this book just a bit more than average, so get ready to devour this in one sitting!
But the money never comes, and little hints of old revolution from the takeover of Komarr begin to surface about the son of the Butcher of Komarr. Miles has to figure out where his cash has gone, and whether he can trust the embassy in the first place. Jumping between the persona of Miles Vorkosigan and Admiral Naismith is hard enough when he's got a long space journey to adjust, but now he must do so between one room and another, and on a planet where there are people looking to get one over on him in BOTH his personas.
It's times like these Miles wishes there were two of him to take up the slack. Sigh...if only....
I feel like this book is the one that begins the golden age of the Vorkosigan Saga, for me. Our second-to-last major character has arrived, and two of the biggest conflicts of the series are presented: Komarr and Mark. Miles begins to face down some of the legacy made by his father, forging his own place in history books.
Continually fantastic as the series is, you're going to enjoy this book just a bit more than average, so get ready to devour this in one sitting!