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The Vor Game
by Lois McMaster Bujold
Miles has just officially graduated from the Academy. He's hoping his first posting will be ship duty - he's been away from the Dendarii for years, and both for career and personal reasons he wants to get back into space. But he's assigned instead to be the weatherman on a remote arctic infantry training base, and things only get more complicated from there. Eventually he ends up back in space through a circuitous route, playing for stakes larger than he's ever played before...
Another great Vorkosigan book. It's got a little bit of a split personality, which Bujold is aware of -- the first few chapters have also been split off as a standalone novella, "Weatherman". The timeframe and characters of the two are linked, but they do have separate settings, emotional arcs, and plot arcs. But both the "Weatherman" part and the space opera part work well.
Gregor plays a great role in this one, and watching Miles try to play five-dimensional chess is a lot of fun as well. Tung continues to be a favorite of mine.
I do always long for more Cordelia and Aral. In a lot of the Miles books they show up onscreen only rarely (although they always loom large in Miles' brain), and it's always a treat when they do.
Another great Vorkosigan book. It's got a little bit of a split personality, which Bujold is aware of -- the first few chapters have also been split off as a standalone novella, "Weatherman". The timeframe and characters of the two are linked, but they do have separate settings, emotional arcs, and plot arcs. But both the "Weatherman" part and the space opera part work well.
Gregor plays a great role in this one, and watching Miles try to play five-dimensional chess is a lot of fun as well. Tung continues to be a favorite of mine.
I do always long for more Cordelia and Aral. In a lot of the Miles books they show up onscreen only rarely (although they always loom large in Miles' brain), and it's always a treat when they do.