His complicated double life in the Barrayaran Navy (as an ensign, soon transferred to Imperial Security) and the Dendarii Mercenaries (of which he accidentally becomes the founder and admiral) is followed, in order of internal chronology, in The Warrior's Apprentice ( 1986) – assembled with Shards of Honor as Test of Honor (omni 1987) – The Vor Game (first part February 1990 Analog as 'Weatherman' exp 1990), which won a 1991 Hugo Cetaganda (October-December 1995 Analog 1996), set on the titular homeworld of an interstellar empire controlled by a hierarchy of artificially created human subspecies Brothers in Arms ( 1989) and the ambitious Mirror Dance ( 1994) (see Clones Identity Torture), recipient of a 1995 Hugo. Miles grows up to become a supremely charismatic, witty, compulsively driven military genius who triumphantly transcends the difficulties caused by his brittle bones and 4ft 9in (1.45m) stature. Shards of Honor ( 1986) and its immediate sequel Barrayar (July-October 1991 Analog 1991) which won a 1992 Hugo, deal with the romance between Lord Aral Vorkosigan and the sophisticated off-worlder Cordelia Naismith the child of their marriage is Miles Vorkosigan, born with severe physical handicaps due to a politically inspired attempt to Poison his father. Most of these stories feature members of the Vorkosigan family, part of an elite military caste from the planet Barrayar, recently rediscovered by galactic civilization after regressing into semifeudalism. Almost all her published sf work is part of a loose series of often humorous adventures set in a future of feuding galactic colonies connected by Faster-than-Light ' Wormhole jumps'. I'll be looking for other books in this series to make it to Audible.(1949- ) US author who began publishing sf with 'Barter' for Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, March/April 1985.

Anyhow, I enjoyed the story and there were several scenes that had me chuckling out loud. Either I'm missing something explained in that book, or the author broke logic a little to make this book work. Second, apparently our hero was a grand savior in the prequel, but he doesn't get much respect for it in this book. Unfortunately I couldn't get the prequel on audio. The events in this book didn't require the sequel but there were characters and relationships already established. first, it was a sequel and I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had read the previous book. The character is interesting but rather generic, except for a physical deformity which doesn't affect the story much, though it did shape his character.

This is a light read, nothing too complicated but it's a lot of fun.

The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold