{"product_id":"cordelia-s-honor-lois-mcmaster-bujold-1996-baen-books-trade-paperback-gary-ruddell-cover","title":"Cordelia’s Honor - Lois McMaster Bujold - 1996 Baen Books Trade Paperback - Gary Ruddell Cover","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition\u003c\/strong\u003e: Acceptable. Please see the images for more details. May show signs of wear such as:\u003cbr\u003e• Shelf wear or scuffing on the cover\u003cbr\u003e• Creases, marks, or tears on pages or dust jacket\u003cbr\u003e• Possible remainder marks or previous owner’s name\/notes inside\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis title is a part of our \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/blogs\/lists-and-reviews\/20-great-sci-fi-summer-reads\" title=\"Here's the full list.\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eScience Fiction Summer Reads List!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCover art:\u003c\/strong\u003e Gary Ruddell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eBlurb\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003e: “\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhen Enemies Become More than Friends \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTHEY WIN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 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\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"The Butcher of Komarr\" -and would consequently become an outcast on her own planet and the Lady Vorkosigan on his.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSick 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 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 would play in Barrayari's bloody legacy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher's Note: Cordelia's Honor is comprised of two parts:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eShards 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. Barrayar won the Hugo Award for best science fiction novel of the year.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Baen Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48688193208562,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/7685\/4977\/files\/E03BCAA1-CC82-4223-AAC5-C3A705119BC7.jpg?v=1769325325","url":"https:\/\/postmarkedfromthestars.com\/products\/cordelia-s-honor-lois-mcmaster-bujold-1996-baen-books-trade-paperback-gary-ruddell-cover","provider":"Postmarked from the Stars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}