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Miles Vorkosigan's clone Mark takes his place on a rescue mission to the lawless planet Jackson's Whole

Mirror Dance

by Lois McMaster Bujold

1994392 pagesEasy readFast pace
★ Hugo Award for Best Novel, 1995

A clone pretends to be Miles and leads a rescue

Baen Books published the novel in March 1994, and the first edition has 392 pages. It follows Barrayar and precedes Cetaganda in the Vorkosigan Saga. Mark, the clone of Miles Vorkosigan, pretends to be Miles and takes part of the Dendarii mercenary force on a rescue mission to Jackson's Whole, a lawless freebooters' planet. It is the first Vorkosigan novel told from the alternating viewpoints of Miles and Mark. It was included in the 2002 omnibus Miles Errant.

More about this book

Who

Miles Vorkosigan, Mark, Captain Quinn, Baron Ryoval, Baron Fell and the Durona Group.

World

The Vorkosigan Saga, including the planet Jackson's Whole.

What makes it different

It is told from alternating viewpoints of Miles and Mark. It won the Hugo and the Locus Award in 1995.

Feel

Fast and emotional.

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Lois McMaster Bujold4 books on Tori Books