The Vor Game

A Miles Vorkosigan Novel

Miles Vorkosigan graduates from the Barrayaran Military Academy with high expectations of ship command, but is disappointed with an assignment as meteorologist to Lazkowski Base, an arctic training camp. His tenure in the windy, snow-covered north is cut short when Miles narrowly averts a massacre between the trigger-happy base commander and mutinous recruits. After a brief stay under 'house arrest', Miles is re-assigned to investigate a suspicious military build-up near a wormhole nexus. Reviving his undercover persona as mercenary Admiral Miles Naismith, his routine information-gathering duty expands to a rescue mission when the Emperor of Barrayar disappears during a political conference on a nearby space station. Miles must use his considerable negotiating skills to avoid a showdown between competing powers for control of the wormhole, find the Emperor, and watch his back for the arctic base commander seeking bloody vengeance.©1990 Lois McMaster Bujold (P)2005 Blackstone Audiobooks

Reseñas de la Crítica

• 2005 Audie Award Nominee, Science-Fiction
• Hugo Award Winner, Best Novel, 1991

amazing novel

Great novel. For those that enjoyed Enders game, they should definitely read this. dk

Great LMB

Shocked to hear in credits this book is 30 years old as it resonates today as all the other Vor books have. She is a master at her craft as this book shows.

Excellent setup

Powerful start to a phenomenal story.
It introduces the intricacies of the larger galaxy to our characters for the first time, and sets the stage for the greater political conflicts that define the whole of the saga, while being unique and gripping.

Finally!

Finally some of her Miles series is making it onto audio books. I read this entire series and I loved it. The Vor Game is a great example of the series and is a great moving book about honour and commitments. I recomend any of her books in this series, I have never been disappointed by any of them. Her characters fly from the pages, real and complete, pulling you along through the story as you want to see if Miles manages to succeed, or not. You never quite know for sure what the outcome will be, since he doesn't always get everything he hoped for.

A good book in a great series

This book has a bit of a mystery, a bit of science fiction, a bit of military fiction, and a lot of fun, but is not just light fiction. I really cared about the characters and enjoyed the story. This is one of the best series in science fiction. This is not the best book in the series, but it is still much better then most in the genre. The narration is excellent. Read the series in order (see the Audible series feature). The first two books are good, but are not at good as the rest of the series, and are better when read again after reading the rest of the series. This is as good as the best of classic science fiction.