Back to the adventures of Miles Vorkosigan in The Vor Game, part of the omnibus edition Young Miles. This novel covers Miles' early career, after founding the Dendarii Free Mercenaries. His attempts at fitting into Barrayaran military culture are doomed to fail, in very successful ways. He thwarts a psychopathic senior officer and makes an enemy I think I'll see more of in Cavilo. His compelling charisma is rounding into full form, and in the end he has himself a commission as pretty much a free agent. Good times. 3 more stars.
As adventure novels these do very well, it's a very pleasant way to pass an evening. I'm having a good time working my way forward to his present self, though that may take awhile as other attractive books are on the way. Am going back to award nominees, this time wanting to have a look at the World Fantasy Award nominees while the award is not yet given.
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