The VOR Game

But his tenure in the snow-covered north is cut short when he narrowly averts a massacre between the trigger-happy base commander and mutinous recruits. Miles is reassigned to investigate a suspicious military buildup near a wormhole nexus. Miles Vorkosigan graduates from the Barrayaran Military Academy with expectations of ship command, so he is disappointed with the assignment of meteorologist to an arctic training camp. Miles must use his negotiating skills to avoid a showdown between powers competing for control of the wormhole, while searching for the Emperor and watching his back for the arctic base commander seeking bloody vengeance.. Reviving his undercover persona as mercenary Admiral Miles Naismith, he expands his routine information-gathering duty into a rescue missio

"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 "Vor" series. With no intent to offend anyone, for me back in those days the book had 2.9 strikes against it before I read the first word: it was about a woman, science fiction written by a woman, and this stupi. the worst posting in the military MIles finally made it to the Academy, did well,an gets sent to the worst posting in the military. What happens, how he survives that debacle, and comes up saving the Empire is another great read.. which often gets him into a good deal of trouble Nichole Miles once again proves that he is the child of Cordelia and Aral. He's stubborn, brave, and stiff with honor. Unlike his parents, however, he has an insatiable thirst to prove himself, which often gets him into a good deal of trouble.This volume also gives us a glimpse into the life and mindset of Emperor Gregor Vorbarra, which I enjoyed immensely.

. His reputation and stunted form further battered by both, Illyan finds a way to combine (sort of) Miles's two lives as Lord Vorkosigan and Admiral Naismith--great for Miles, but a little hard on his commanding officers. His reward? A first post on Kyril Island, predicting and combating the local weather and his commanding officer's homicidal moods. Miles manages to graduate from the Academy