
"Possibly the best first novel of the year." "This superb first novel integrates a believable romance into a science fiction tale of adventure and war." The Nebula award-winning FALLING FREE precedes it by internal chronology in the same future history.

A science fiction romance by a Hugo and Nebula Award winning master.īujold's SHARDS OF HONOR is the first book in her SF universe to feature the Vorkosigan clan, followed by the Hugo award-winning BARRAYAR.

Aral and Cordelia survive countless mishaps while their mutual admiration and even stronger feelings emerge. When Cordelia Naismith and her survey crew are attacked by a renegade group from Barrayar, she is taken prisoner by Aral Vorkosigan, commander of the Barrayan ship that has been taken over by an ambitious and ruthless crew member.
