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For the past two years I've been hooked on the series. Komarr is the 11th book among the 13 that have been published so far. And, even though some of the earlier novels have also been exceptionally good, Komarr is in my opinion the best book in the Vorkosigan Saga.

The best book in the Vorkosigan Saga?
Most of the Vorkosigan novels are space operas that sprawl across the galaxy. The action in Komarr is limited to the single planet of that name and a space station in orbit around it. And most of the books in the series feature a large cast of characters. The focus in Komarr is squarely on Miles Vorkosigan and Ekaterin Vorsoisson. As you know, if you've read earlier novels in the series, Miles is the son of the former Regent of the Barrayaran Empire. He is a dwarf, his body cruelly crippled in utero in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate his father with poison gas. Ekaterin is a young woman of about Miles' age who is married to an administrator on the planet. The story is written in the third person, nearly always from either her perspective or his.

Outstanding examples of character development
Both Miles and Ekaterin are Barrayaran. Her husband is a senior functionary on Komarr for the Empire. Miles is now an Imperial Auditor on his first big assignment, sent by the Emperor to investigate a tragic accident. The plot revolves around his investigation and his growing infatuation with Ekaterin. But what is distinctive about this novel is how deeply we plunge into the inner lives of both principal characters. Few literary novels provide better examples of character development.

A charming man full of dry wit
Here is Ekaterin musing about Miles: "Vorkosigan's face, once she'd penetrated his first wary opacity, was . . . well, charming, full of dry wit only waiting to break out into open humor. It was disorienting to find that face coupled with a body bearing a record of appalling pain." And, later: "He really must have once held military command. [In fact, in an earlier life undercover, he had been Admiral Miles Naismith of the 5,000-strong Dendarii Mercenaries.] The contrast between this strained, forceful lord and the almost goofy geniality of the young man who'd bowed her out of the airlock bemused her; which was the real Lord Vorkosigan? For all his apparently self-revealing babble, the man remained as elusive as a handful of water. Water in the desert."

A complex and highly intelligent woman
Miles has a bad habit of falling in love with tall, beautiful women, and here he goes again. Ekaterin's "perfume was making his reptile-brain want to roll over and do tricks, and he wasn't even sure she was wearing any." However, Ekaterin is no shapely mannequin. She is a complex and highly intelligent woman who had been trapped for many years in a marriage to an insensitive and madly jealous husband. Yet she has endured and succeeded in raising a young son who is still remarkably free of neurosis.

With insightful writing like this, it's hard not to look on Komarr as the best book in the Vorkosigan Saga. If this is space opera, it's several cuts above the field.


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Komarr Miles Vorkosigan Adventures Lois McMaster Bujold 9780671578084 Books Reviews

Of all the books in the series, this one was a slow burn. In fact, it needs to be finished before one can appreciate how masterfully the themes were handled and resolved.

The last book showed Mile's growth. This book took a new character and helped them evolve into who they were meant to be. Unfortunately, the sheer amount of time, with not much else happening, that it took to introduce us to that character, deeply explore their current situation, life, and crossroads, before we could see that character become who they were always meant to be was so front-loaded as to be bogged down. The formula worked with Miles in the last book, Memory, because we already knew him deeply. We could move right into a time of change. To try that deep evolving treatment with a newly introduced character necessarily slowed the beginning, almost to a standstill. A part of me wants to retract a star for this, but then I think about the overall development of the themes, and the payoff at the conclusion, AND the payoff in the denouement, and I believe it deserves the five stars despite the ever so slow start. There's no doubt that Bujold is setting up for the next book, and it's going to be a doozy!
One of my three favorite books in the Vorkosigan Saga, I find myself re-reading it at least once a year. It's a go-to when I find myself in a reading slump. Miles is finally really coming of age in this book, learning to live honestly with himself and others, as he was forced to abandon his secret other identity at the beginning of the previous book. More, he's finally in a position where he actually has the authority to pursue whatever plan he wishes. These two things combined leave him reeling and trying to figure out who he is now and what his boundaries are - what actions are appropriate and which aren't? The story moves along at a nice pace, the characters are interesting and the ending is highly satisfying.
For the past two years I've been hooked on the series. Komarr is the 11th book among the 13 that have been published so far. And, even though some of the earlier novels have also been exceptionally good, Komarr is in my opinion the best book in the Vorkosigan Saga.

The best book in the Vorkosigan Saga?
Most of the Vorkosigan novels are space operas that sprawl across the galaxy. The action in Komarr is limited to the single planet of that name and a space station in orbit around it. And most of the books in the series feature a large cast of characters. The focus in Komarr is squarely on Miles Vorkosigan and Ekaterin Vorsoisson. As you know, if you've read earlier novels in the series, Miles is the son of the former Regent of the Barrayaran Empire. He is a dwarf, his body cruelly crippled in utero in an unsuccessful attempt to assassinate his father with poison gas. Ekaterin is a young woman of about Miles' age who is married to an administrator on the planet. The story is written in the third person, nearly always from either her perspective or his.

Outstanding examples of character development
Both Miles and Ekaterin are Barrayaran. Her husband is a senior functionary on Komarr for the Empire. Miles is now an Imperial Auditor on his first big assignment, sent by the Emperor to investigate a tragic accident. The plot revolves around his investigation and his growing infatuation with Ekaterin. But what is distinctive about this novel is how deeply we plunge into the inner lives of both principal characters. Few literary novels provide better examples of character development.

A charming man full of dry wit
Here is Ekaterin musing about Miles "Vorkosigan's face, once she'd penetrated his first wary opacity, was . . . well, charming, full of dry wit only waiting to break out into open humor. It was disorienting to find that face coupled with a body bearing a record of appalling pain." And, later "He really must have once held military command. [In fact, in an earlier life undercover, he had been Admiral Miles Naismith of the 5,000-strong Dendarii Mercenaries.] The contrast between this strained, forceful lord and the almost goofy geniality of the young man who'd bowed her out of the airlock bemused her; which was the real Lord Vorkosigan? For all his apparently self-revealing babble, the man remained as elusive as a handful of water. Water in the desert."

A complex and highly intelligent woman
Miles has a bad habit of falling in love with tall, beautiful women, and here he goes again. Ekaterin's "perfume was making his reptile-brain want to roll over and do tricks, and he wasn't even sure she was wearing any." However, Ekaterin is no shapely mannequin. She is a complex and highly intelligent woman who had been trapped for many years in a marriage to an insensitive and madly jealous husband. Yet she has endured and succeeded in raising a young son who is still remarkably free of neurosis.

With insightful writing like this, it's hard not to look on Komarr as the best book in the Vorkosigan Saga. If this is space opera, it's several cuts above the field.