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Barrayar

Barrayar

by Lois McMaster Bujold

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appears in Space Opera, Science Fiction, and Science.

On opposing sides, Captain Cordelia Naismith and Admiral Lord Aral Vorkosigan marry and live in aristocratic splendor on his home planet Barrayar. Cordelia agrees with the dying old emperor that the Empire would be better if Aral would serve, but he knows secrets she does not....

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appears in Space Opera, Science Fiction, and Science.

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