Kindle Edition, 392 pages

English language

Published July 4, 2011 by Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc..

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(45 reviews)

Mark Vorkosigan is the cloned "twin" of Lord Miles Vorkosigan, born six years after Miles and raised by a psychopathic madman for nefarious political purposes. That's old news, however, conveyed in the prequel Brothers in Arms. Now, in Mirror Dance, Mark still has no identity of his own and no place to call home. One thing he does know: He must free the young clones from the sinister "orphanage" he left behind years ago, on Jackson's Whole. Pretending to be his twin, Admiral of the Dendarii Mercenaries, he just might be able to pull it off. But at what cost? And is Miles his brother's keeper?

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Review of 'Mirror dance' on 'Goodreads'

My problem started with the little girl... then it deepened with Chapter Eighteen. I mean where was all this going? To tell us that deep down a creep is actually a victim?... Then came the reason for chapter eighteen. So, he was a creep so he could be immolated. Don't like this at all.
And then I started applying the Bechdel test to the female interactions in the book, and didn't like the results. Granted, the whole story is about Miles and his brother, but still. The test had the secondary effect of making me notice that there weren't that many female interactions for a 500+ pages book.
And then, to top it all, there's the enlightening conversation at the end, of Lady Vorkosigan and Mark, about a certain 18 year old girl he likes, who just need some new skills and couching to see things more broadly... not for …

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