
The Warrior's Apprentice
A Miles Vorkosigan Novel
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Grover Gardner
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"The pace is breathless, the characterization thoughtful and emotionally powerful....Highly recommended." (Booklist)
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"Miles" is a boy born into a fuedal system of government that abhoars mutation of any kind. It just so happens that his father and mother and he in his mother's womb were victims in an attack by a rival faction in a bid to kill his father, the then Prime Minister of the planet Barrayar.
After the attack he is rushed from his mother's womb to a Uterine Replicator where the doctors can do what they can to save the baby.
The result is a boy with chauk for bones who is severly stunted in height. Whoever, he is gifted with a superior intellect.
After breaking both of his legs in the first 2 minutes of the physical trials for entrance to Emperial service he goes to his mother's homeworld of Beta colony to visit his Grandmother Naismith.
Mixed with his desire to serve "something", his abnormal sense of curiosity and eagerness to solve problems he frist becomes a captain owner of a freighter and goes on to the rank of Admiral in a Mercinary fleet where he ends a planetary civil war. After "winning all the marbles", as his cousin Ivan phases it, he realizes that for him to have all the marbles could spell death for him and civil war on his home planet.
Trust me, Bujold is a fabulous talent and her stories flow like water downhill. I wish she would write more and that Audible would get the rest of her titles.
A wonderous talent!
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great entertainment
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a little far fetched
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love this series !
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The story is succinct and paced to keep the reader engaged, no passage too laborious or lull in the action too protracted. I am suspicious of most science fiction, as many examples of the genre tend toward overemphasis on technology or alienness. Bujold's universe is very recognizable, as are the people and political/economic forces within it. There is just enough tech to convince me I'm in a space-faring solar system without weighing down the pacing.
The performance is wonderful as well, and the narrator remains throughout the two prequels, so it was like having an old friend guide me through each adventure. I actually recommend this novel as the introduction to the Vorkosigan saga, as the two prequels are more palatable in their slower pacing and emphasis on political intrigue once the reader has become more fluent in the names and places via this more stimulating narrative.
Short, sweet, and masterfully written
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What's not to love?
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I enjoyed the story, there is an unrequited love story going on, at times it drives the plot at others the plot drives it. It is more an adventure story though. The author does an excellent job of having you fall in love with the characters. They are varied with different motivations and goals, Miles invariably uses that to push them all into his plans.
Despite the several heart wrenching moments in this book it makes you feel good in the end. Upbeat.
well written.
enjoy
Miles. My kind of hero. An accidental dwarf.
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What did you love best about The Warrior's Apprentice?
The authors ability to Imagine details. She created a true enthralling world. I have been listening to the stories while walking my dog and I end up captivated and not wanting to go to work!Fascinating and captivating
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couldn't stop reading till the end
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A breezily entertaining sci-fi adventure. The story, in which the physically stunted but exceedingly clever Miles extricates himself from predicaments by jumping into even bigger predicaments, moves enjoyably along, even if the plot and some of the characters are a little by-the-numbers. Bujold writes with wit and Miles is an easy protagonist to like. The fact he comes from a feudal society gives the book an interesting fantasy-in-space flavor. Not a particularly mind-expanding read, but a good one.
Fun, brains-over-brawn sci-fi
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