Young Miles

The Warrior’s Apprentice 1 The Mountains of Mourning 373 The Vor Game 465 Author’s Afterword 829 IT ISN’T EASY, BEING VOR… Being a Vor lord on the war-torn planet Barrayar wasn’t easy. Being an officer in Barrayar’s military wasn’t easy. And being the leader of a force of spaceborne mercenaries while maintaining a secret identity wasn’t easy—in fact it should have been impossible, to say nothing of being a capital offense on Barrayar. Not that impossibility or great danger would slow down young Miles Vorkosigan much. **The Warrior’s Apprentice** 1 Discharged from the Barrarayan academy after flunking the physical, a discouraged Miles (17) takes possession of a jumpship and becomes the leader of a mercenary force that expands to a fleet of treasonous proportions. **The Mountains of Mourning** 373 Miles (20) is sent to a small mountain village to investigate the murder of an infant, killed because she had a physical defect. Miles must deal with deep-seated prejudice against “mutants” and uncover the real killer in this novella that won both the Hugo Award and Nebula Award. **The Vor Game** 465 Miles (20s) faces enormous challenges in this Hugo Award-winning novel as he leads a mutiny against his military commander’s criminal orders, rejoins his Dendarii mercenaries, and attempts to rescue Emperor Gregor after Barrayar’s royal scion has run off straight into trouble.