Great combination of story and performance

Bujold delivers another great tale and Gardner brings it to life. One of my favourite series and narrators.

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Great series and great narrator

I love the Vorkosigan Saga, and Grover Gardner is absolutely brilliant. I think his narration style is perfect for these books.

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Top darn notch storytelling

This is as good as it gets. Characterization, adventure, intrigue, intelligence, humour, story. I can't get enough.

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Wonderful

Another wonderful reading of another wonderful novel. I really like Grove Gardner's readings of the Vorkosigan novels - he gets the humour without reading them as obviously 'funny'. And Miles is such a superb character who develops so well over the series. One to savour.

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Classic Vorkosigan

If you already know the Vorkosigan saga then you don't need this review. If you're new, you should get The Warrior's Apprentice first as it will fill in some backstory. Not imperative, but helpful.

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Rapidly becoming my favourite space opera series

The Vorkosigan saga is up there with the best space opera yet written, in my humble opinion. Until now the Honorverse was my gold standard, along with Vatta and Kris Longknife as top contenders, but LMB's Vorkosigan universe is at least their equal in terms of character development and sheer immersion in another time and place.
Lots of political intrigue - but just enough detail ( The Honor Harrington books can sometimes have too much detail methinks) - and the bare minimum of technical dissertation. Perhaps not enough ship to ship and fleet to fleet engagements for those with a more military s.f. bent. This is character-driven story-telling at its best, with some sparkling dialogue and description thrown in - just set in a spacefaring context - and all the better for it.

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Yes!

In this book we learn more about Miles which is always a good thing. The plot rattles along with a lot of interesting characters, I enjoyed it.

Narration was good.

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A very good audiobook of a great Bujold novel

If you are already familiar with the novel, then you will find an enjoyable audiobook version. It is well read by a single reader, with good expression. I thoroughly enjoyed hearing my favorite passages, although at points I did wish for more differentiation between the characters. If you are unfamiliar with Bujold's work, the Vorkosigan series is a glorious space opera with great characterization and it is quite funny, poignant and very well written. This is the second Miles Vorkosigan novel so if you are new to the series you may want to pick up 'the Warrior's Apprentice' first, which details the earlier events.

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Action packed installment

If you, like many others have come to love the scrappy and highly intelligent Miles Vorkosigan, this installment won't disappoint. Action, calamity and disaster narrowly escaped abounds.

I tend to like Grover Gardner's readings of the Vorkosigan series, by there is one negative I noticed. His pronunciation of characters' names, places and other non-Real-Life words changes from novel to novel in this series. Not the worst thing, but it did make me prick up my ears every time. At least he is consistent within one novel.

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Love it!

I love this story which weaves through the Vor and their relationship with other planets. The problem of what to do with an Ensign who’s also been an Admiral is at the heart of this.

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