Shards of Honour by Lois McMaster Bujold

She meets Sergeant Bothari, a career soldier with mental problems who controls them through adherence to rules and an attachment to a strong commander, in this case, Vorkosigan. He returns to his ship with Cordelia and her crewman as his nominal prisoners. When the trio reaches the base camp, Vorkosigan regains command of his crew. During their five-day hike to a secret Barrayaran cache, she finds Vorkosigan not at all the monster his reputation suggests, and she is strongly attracted to him. While investigating, she is surprised by a soldier, hits her head on a rock, and awakens to find that, while most of her crew has escaped, she is marooned with an injured Betan ensign and Captain Lord Aral Vorkosigan of Barrayar, notorious as the 'Butcher of Komarr', who has been left for dead by a treacherous rival. Plot summary Ĭordelia Naismith, the captain of a Betan Astronomical Survey ship, is exploring a newly discovered planet when her base camp is attacked. īujold had written Shards of Honor, its sequel The Warrior's Apprentice and the standalone Ethan of Athos before all three were sold and published in 1986. Shards of Honor is paired with Bujold's 1991 Barrayar in the omnibus Cordelia's Honor (1996). It is a part of the Vorkosigan Saga, and is the first full-length novel in publication order.

Shards of Honor is an English language science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold, first published in June 1986.

Shards of Honour by Lois McMaster Bujold