Brothers in Arms

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Lois McMaster Bujold: Brothers in Arms (Paperback, 2008, Baen)

Mass Market Paperback, 352 pages

English language

Published Jan. 29, 2008 by Baen.

ISBN:
978-1-4165-5544-5
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OCLC Number:
246791367

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4 stars (44 reviews)

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Brothers in Arms

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Here we come to the real meat of the Vorkosigan series. Brothers in Arms through A Civil Campaigan carry a large part of my fond memories of this series--Mark (a clone of Miles) appears, and both Mark and Miles go through large identity shifts in who they are and how they related to each other and the world.

The initial plot of this novel comes directly off the last novella; there's a lot of costs for the Dendarii mercenaries from their last operation, and Miles comes to Earth for repairs and in desperate need of payment. This is one of the strong points about this series that I like; each story really stands on its own with a driving plot and strong closure, but there's plenty of natural-feeling foreshadowing hooks (both personal and political) and also gradual character development across time.

Goaded, Miles snapped, "Dammit, sir, what would you have …

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This is again a typical Myles story in that it's a bit annoying that our supposedly thoughtful tactical genius makes very weird and reckless decisions sometimes. But once making trouble has happened, the getting out of it part is interesting enough and the protagonist with his "people before principles" principle is so likable, that I've forgiven the lapses of judgement. Though I think this book had an action sequence that I zoned out for a bit. Still, solid book. Very cool to read.

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