Cordelia's Honor

in Her First Trial By Fire, Cordelia Naismith Captained A Throwaway Ship Of The Betan Expeditionary Force On A Mission To Destroy An Enemy Armada. Discovering Deception Within Deception, Treachery Within Treachery, She Was Forced Into A Separate Peace With Her Chief Opponent, Lord Aral Vorkosigan—he Who Was Called The Butcher Of Komarr—and Would Consequently Become An Outcast On Her Own Planet And The Lady Vorkosigan On His. sick Of Combat And Betrayal, She Was Ready To Settle Down To A Quiet Life, Interrupted Only By The Occasional Ceremonial Appearances Required Of The Lady Vorkosigan. But When The Emperor Died, Aral Became Guardian Of The Infant Heir To The Imperial Throne Of Barrayar—and The Target Of High-tech Assassins In A Dynastic Civil War That Was Reminscent Of Earth's Middle Ages, But Fought With Up-to-the-minute Biowar Technology. Neither Aral Nor Cordelia Guessed The Part That Their Cell-damaged Unborn Would Play In Barrayari's Bloody Legacy. In her first trial by fire, Cordelia Naismith captained a throwaway ship of the Betan Expeditionary Force on a mission to destroy an enemy armada. Discovering deception within deception, treachery within treachery, she was forced into a separate peace with her chief opponent, Lord Aral Vorkosigan - he who was called "The Butcher of Komarr" - and would consequently become an outcast on her own planet and the Lady Vorkosigan on his. Sick of combat and betrayal, she was ready to settle down to a quiet life, interrupted only by the occasional ceremonial appearances required of the Lady Vorkosigan. But when the Emperor died, Aral suddenly became guardian of the infant heir to the imperial throne of Barrayar - and the target of high-tech assassins in a dynastic civil war that was reminiscent of earth's Middle Ages, but fought with up-to-the minute biowar technology. Neither Aral nor Cordelia guessed the part that their cell-damaged unborn son would play in Barrayar's bloody legacy. This edition includes an author's afterword, and a chronology of the events in the Vorkosigan Saga series. Cover art by Gary Ruddell. **Publisher's note: Cordelia's Honor is comprised of two parts: Shards of Honor and Barrayar. Together they form a continuous story following the life of Cordelia Vorkosigan nee Naismith from the day she met her then-enemy Lord Aral Vorkosigan through the boyhood of her son Miles Sick of combat, Cordelia Naismith is ready to settle down to a quiet life. But when the Emperor dies, Aral become guardian of the infant heir to the throne of Barrayar. Cordelia soon finds herself allied with Aral to keep the child safe from high-tech assassins engaged in a dynastic civil war fought with biowar technology. Follow[s] The Life Of Cordelia Vorkosigan Nee Naismith From The Day She Met Her Then-enemy Lord Aral Vorkosigan Through The Boyhood Of Her Son Miles--page 4 Of Cover. Shards Of Honor -- Barrayar. Lois Mcmaster Bujold. A Baen Books Original--t.p. Verso. Combined Ed. Of: Shards Of Honor; And, Barrayar. In this two-part story, Cordelia Naismith, made an outcast after being forced into marriage with her arch enemy, finds further trouble when her husband is made the guardian of the infant heir to the imperial throne Made an outcast after being forced into an unwanted marriage with her arch enemy, Cordelia Naismith finds further trouble when her husband is made the guardian of the infant heir to the imperial throne. Original. An omnibus reprint containing _Shards of Honor_ and _Barrayar_.