New Releases by Lois Mcmaster Bujold

Genetic engineering has permitted the development of a breed of humans tailored for zero-gravity - "quaddies" with four grasping appendages instead of two arms and two legs. Now the development of artificial gravity has made them obsolete, and the giant corporation that invented them desperately needs to cover its illegal tracks

Collects three previously published Miles Vorkosigan stories, united by the themes of gender, reproduction, and bioethics.

Relive the adventures of Miles and Mark in the first of The Vorkosigan Series. "Bujold has created two of the most engaging, interesting, complicated protagonists in science fiction . . . readers will enjoy this book". VOYA.

Whether he''s rescuing prisoners, keeping his enemies from replacing him with a clone, or coming back from his own dysfunctional death, Miles gets the job done. Of course, it may not be "quite" the job his superiors wanted done.

Commanded by his Emperor to intervene diplomatically, Lord Miles Vorkosigan--a special high-level troubleshooter--has no choice but to comply after a bloody incident on Graf Station''s docks. However, the downside of being a troubleshooter becomes apparent when trouble starts shooting back.

Despite all his power, Lord Miles Vorkosigan can''t win the hand of the beautiful Vor widow, Ekaterin Vorsoisson, who is violently allergic to marriage as a result of her first exposure. But as Miles has learned from his career in the galactic covert ops, subterfuge is always an option. So he devises a cunning plan.

Le Dr Ethan Urquhart, médecin accoucheur responsable de réplicateurs utérins, est furieux : le Conseil de la Population vient de le désigner pour aller faire un tour dans la galaxie. En effet, les cultures ovariennes que les Pères Fondateurs ont apportées sur Athos, voici deux siècles, s''épuisent et il faut aller en chercher d''autres. Alors il va devoir quitter sa planète douillette où l''on vit tranquillement entre hommes, sans rien demander à personne... Et, pour la première fois de sa vie, rencontrer des ... - Dieu du ciel, le mot à lui seul est un véritable péché - des femmes ! Une mission relativement facile, somme toute. Du moins en apparence. Car, à peine arrivé à la Station Kline, le voilà embarqué dans une histoire invraisemblable. S''il veut sauver sa peau, il lui faudra bien, qu''il le veuille ou non, faire équipe avec le commandant Elli Quinn, de la flotte des Mercenaires Libres Dendarii. Or ce commandant est ... une femme d''une beauté diabolique ! Un comble, non ?

An anthology of science fiction stories features women in military roles

Washed out of the Barrayaran Military Academy for health reasons, Miles Vorkosigan uses his unorthodox leadership talents to acquire a fleet of ships and take command of a force of spaceborne mercenaries with the help of his secret alter ego, Admiral Naismith.

Fantasy. Miles Vorkosigan secret agent extraordinaire now a civilian with a serious medical disability hanging over his own head, has the knowledge needed to deal with impending disaster on Barrayar.

Cetaganda is the latest installment of the Hugo-award winning adventures of Miles Vorkosigan, in which Miles and Cousin Ivan go to Cetaganda to play the part of sprigs of the nobility doing their diplomatic duty by good old Barrayar. The idea is that they will gain diplomatic polish on this simple mission, but when the Cetagandan empress dies naturally and her lifelong attendant dies unnaturally - apparently a suicide, but there are rumors - Miles and Ivan find themselves in the thick of it. Miles tries to play detective in a strange, complicated, and deceptively alien culture. Meanwhile, handsome and lascivious Ivan manages to get himself involved with several women at the same time - all of whom are TROUBLE from the word go. Miles had always wanted to save the Empire - it was just that the Cetagandan wasn''t exactly the empire he''d had in mind...

"Follow[s] the life of Cordelia Vorkosigan nee Naismith from the day she met her then-enemy Lord Aral Vorkosigan through the boyhood of her son Miles"--P. [4] of cover.

Mark est revenu. Mark, le clone-jumeau de Miles. Mark le fou errant. Et, pour fêter son retour, il a volé aux Dendariis un navire de guerre ainsi qu''un commando entier, en se faisant passer pour Miles. Armé jusqu''aux dents, il fonce à présent vers l''Ensemble de Jackson. Miles Naismith se lance à la poursuite de son double. En aveugle, sans savoir ce qui l''attend... En fait, un raid démentiel. Trafic de clones, transplantations de cerveaux... Avec, au bout du voyage, la mort. La mort pour Miles et la folie pour Mark. Est-ce la fin de l''histoire ? Non, car la mort, pour un Vorkosigan, n''est pas irréversible : on peut le ramener à la vie. A condition de retrouver son corps...

Now in paperback--the groundbreaking fantasy by the Hugo and Nebula-winning author of the Vorkosigan Saga, which includes Barrayar and The Vor Game. Brought up by her father, the legendary creator of truly enchanted art objects, Fiametta is soon running for her life, with only her single magical creation to save her from evil.

Etre officier à bord du Prince Serg, le vaisseau spatial le plus moderne de l''empire de Barrayar, tel est le rêve de Miles Vorkosigan. Mais auparavant, il doit remplir honorablement sa première mission, à la station météo de l''île Kyril. Le plus dur, ce n''est pas tant le froid polaire qui règne sur l''île. Non le problème, ce sont les moqueries des autres officiers. Il faut dire qu''avec sa taille -à peine un mètre trente-, Miles ne passe pas... inaperçu ! Mais le pire, c''est le général Metzov, le chef de la vase. Un forcené de l''autorité. A cause de lui, Miles est accusé de mutinerie et renvoyé dans la capitale. C''est faux, bien sûr, mais pour Miles, mieux vaut se faire discret, du moins pendant quelque temps. Carrière brisée ? Non, car ce nabot surdoué a plus d''un tour dans son sac à dos !

Miles Naismith Vorkosigan was not a mutant, though he was often mistaken for one. His home, Barrayar, was a militant world shaped by a bitter history and political strife. Yars earlier, an assassin had chosen poison gas for an attack on Aral Vorkosigan, former Regent of the Barrayaran Empire - now Prime Minister - and the pregnant Lady Cordelia. They survived: unborn Miles was the terrorist''s only real victim. Cursed with brittle bones that neither grew nor healed properly, a dwarf-like body and a face prematurely lines with the agony of too many corrective surgeries - and too many people who could not accept his difference - Miles, refused to hide behind his Vor rank. WIth a brilliant mind, courage honed by a desire for adventure, and an ever-ready sense of absurd, he carved out his own place in the galactic scheme.

When Cordelia Naismith and her survey crew are attacked by a renegade group from Barrayar, she is taken prisoner by Aral Vorkosigan, commander of the Barrayan ship that has been taken over by an ambitious and ruthless crew member. Aral and Cordelia survive countless mishaps while their mutual admiration and even stronger feelings emerge. A science fiction romance by a Hugo and Nebula Award winning master. Bujold''s SHARDS OF HONOR is the first book in her SF universe to feature the Vorkosigan clan, followed by the Hugo award-winning BARRAYAR. The Nebula award-winning FALLING FREE precedes it by internal chronology in the same future history. Lois McMaster Bujold was born in 1949, the daughter of an engineering professor at Ohio State University, from whom she picked up her early interest in science fiction. She now lives in Minneapolis, and has two grown children. She began writing with the aim of professional publication in 1982. She wrote three novels in three years; in October of 1985, all three sold to Baen Books, launching her career. Bujold went on to write many other books for Baen, mostly featuring her popular character Miles Naismith Vorkosigan, his family, friends, and enemies. Her books have been translated into twenty-one languages. Her fantasy from Eos includes the award-winning Chalion series and the Sharing Knife series.