Cordelia's Honor

When Enemies Become More thanFriendsTHEY WINIn herfirst trial by fire, Cordelia Naismith captained a throwaway ship of the BetanExpeditionary Force on a mission to destroy an enemy armada. Discoveringdeception within deception, treachery within treachery, she was forced into aseparate peace with her chief opponent, Lord Aral Vorkosigan he who was called"The Butcher of Komarr"and would consequently become an outcast on her ownplanet and the Lady Vorkosigan on his.Sick ofcombat and betrayal, she was ready to settle down to a quiet life, interruptedonly by the occasion ceremonial appearances required of the Lady Vorkosigan. Butwhen the Emperor died, Aral became guardian of the infant heir to the imperialthrone of Barrayar and the target of high-tech assassins in a dynastic civil warthat was reminiscent of Earth's Middle Ages, but fought with up-to-the minutebiowar technology. Neither Aral nor Cordelia guessed the part that theircell-damaged unborn would play in Barrayar's bloodylegacy.Publisher's Note: Cordelia's Honor iscomprised of two parts: Shards of Honor and Barrayar. Together they form acontinuous story following the life of Cordelia Vorkosigan nee Naismith from theday she met her then-enemy Lord Aral Vorkosigan through the boyhood of her sonMiles. Barrayar won the Hugo Award for best science fiction novel of theyear.