About the Book
Hugo Award 1992, Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel 1992, Nebula Award nominee 1991.
NOT MY CHILD, YOU DON'T...
Cordelia Naismith, legendary
ship commander in the Betan Expeditionary Force, a woman who beat the
Barrayaran militarists at their own game, was never one to fulfill
stereotypes. Having married the commander of the forces her side
defeated in battle, she was ready to settle down to a quiet life
devoted to raising little Vor lordlings, interrupted only by the
occasional ceremonial appearances required of the Lady Vorkosigan.
But Cordelia had not paid sufficient attention to what animportant Vor lord she had married; when the Emperor died, only her
husband's reputation for honor stood between her adopted planet and the
unspeakable horrors of a dynastic civil war fought by first-rate
soldiers armed with up-to-the-minute technology.
Aral Vorkosigan had little choice but to take up the
burden of Regency – as Cordelia had little choice but to support him in
his decision. But neither of them realized the part Cordelia – and her
unborn son – would play in Barrayar's bloody legacy.
