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Cordelia has married Aral and must adjust to Barrayar, a world with simpler technology and far more violent politics

Barrayar

by Lois McMaster Bujold

1991386 pagesEasy readSteady pace
★ Hugo Award for Best Novel, 1992

A newcomer's new life on a politically violent world

Analog serialized the novel in four installments from July to October 1991, and Baen Books published the book in October 1991. The first edition has 386 pages. It is the sequel to Shards of Honor, and the two are paired in the 1996 omnibus Cordelia's Honor. Cordelia has married Aral Vorkosigan and is adjusting to Barrayar. The couple is expecting their first child, and Aral is drawn into a regency for the young heir Gregor.

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Who

Cordelia, Aral Vorkosigan, the young heir Gregor, Count Piotr Vorkosigan, Bothari and Ludmilla Droushnakovi.

World

Barrayar, with less advanced technology and violent politics.

What makes it different

It won the Hugo and the Locus Award in 1992 and was nominated for the Nebula. It is the sequel to Shards of Honor.

Feel

Warm and tense.

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About the author

Lois McMaster Bujold4 books on Tori Books