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Written by Lois McMaster Bujold - Audio book performed by Grover Gardner - Unabridged Fiction - 1 MP3 COMPACT DISC - 11 hours

Publisher, Blackstone Audio (October 2005)

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“Lois McMaster Bujold is one heck of a fine storyteller, and Grover Gardner is a fine reader, too. The Vor Game showed me how good space opera can be.” —sffaudio.com

“Grover Gardner presents a precocious and quietly undaunted Miles. As Miles raises his eyebrows at what he learns, Gardner expresses the same in his narrative style. His tone is serious, with an undertone of wit, a love of intrigue, and a strong dose of confidence.” —AudioFile

“Miles Naismith Vorkosigan is this reviewer’s favorite fictional character of all time, so it’s satisfying to find Blackstone handling the material well and giving it to a worthy narrator. Gardner is quite expressive and really nails the characters’ interactions throughout the story, whether they’re ranting or pensive or wry.” —KLIATT

Miles Vorkosigan graduates from the Barrayaran Military Academy with expectations of ship command but is disappointed with an assignment as meteorologist to an arctic training camp. His tenure in the windy, snow-covered north is cut short when he narrowly averts a massacre between the trigger-happy base commander and mutinous recruits.

Miles is reassigned to investigate a suspicious military buildup near a wormhole nexus. Reviving his undercover persona as mercenary Admiral Miles Naismith, he expands his routine information-gathering duty to a rescue mission when the Emperor of Barrayar disappears. Miles must use his skill at negotiating to avoid a showdown between competing powers for control of the wormhole, to find the Emperor, and to watch his back for the arctic base commander seeking bloody vengeance.

About the Author: LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD burst upon the science-fiction world in 1986 with Shards of Honor, the first of the Vorkosigan Saga novels. She has won the Hugo award four times and the Nebula award twice.