Memory (Miles Vorkosigan Adventures)

Miles turns 30, and--though he isn't slowing down just yet--he is starting to lose interest in the game of Wall: the one where he tries to climb the wall, fails, gets up, and tries again. A good place to start is with the first Vorkosigan story, Shards of Honor. Having finally reached a point in his life where he can look back and realize that he has managed to prove his courage and competence, he can move on to bigger and better things. Depending on how you count it, this is the eighth, ninth, tenth, or eleventh book in a series--not all are about Miles or even his extended family.

Thanks to his quick-thinking staff and incredible artistry from a medical specialist, Miles' first death won't be his last. But Miles' worst nightmares about Simon Illyan are nothing compared to Illyan's own nightmares. Coming back to life is hard. Dying is easy. At least that's what Miles Vorkosigan thinks, and he should know, having done both once already. When he makes the mistake of returning too soon to military duty, he finds himself summoned home to face the Barrayaran security chief, Simon Illyan. Under suspicion himself, Miles must seek out the answers to Ilyan's nightmares or see the inevitable destruction of Imperial Security and, with it, the Empire.. But it does take some recovery, a fact he has been reluctant to admit

"A series for the ages. A thinking person’s delight." according to book guy. I'm going to post the same review for the entire Vorkosigan saga. MANY years ago (shudder to think - we only had books made of paper) I was stuck at an airport with nothing to read. The only book I could find in the store was named Cordelia's Honor. It was about a woman and written by a woman. From what I could discern from the cover, it was a combination of books from some sort of "V. A Grand Culmination Renea I can't say much about Memory without spoilers, which would be criminal, but I can at least share that this was one of the best written books I've read in years. I've enjoyed each of the previous books in the series, thinking they were self-contained, only to find that the real payoff was here, in this volume.I wish more authors would allow their characters to naturally evolve the way. c.c. said Just finished for the twelfth time. If there were a higher rating, I would have chosen it. Bujold is a brilliant writer, and is at her best with the Vorkosigan saga. Since I have just finished it, _Memory_ is my favorite. It seems at first to be about a most complex and surprising turning point in the life of Miles Vorkosigan. In addition to what would already have been a fascinating story, Bujold layers in complex and