Shards of honor

Cordelia Naismith, Betan Survey Captain, was expecting the unexpected: hexapods, floating creatures, odd parasites... She was not, however, expecting to find hostile humans on an uninhabited planet. And she wasn't really expecting to fall in love with a 40-plus barbarian known to cosmopolitan galactics as the Butcher of Komarr. Will Mother ever understand? And can such an odd beast as love survive an interplanetary war? Cordelia Naismith, Betan Survey Captain, Was Expecting The Unexpected: Hexapods, Floating Creatures, Odd Parasites... She Was Not, However, Expecting To Find Hostile Humans On An Uninhabited Planet. And She Wasn't Really Expecting To Fall In Love With A 40-plus Barbarian Known To Cosmopolitan Galactics As The Butcher Of Komarr.--from Source Other Than Library Of Congress. SUMMARY: The start of the Vorkosigan Saga! It was the wrong war, in the wrong place, at the wrong time, for the wrong reasons. And Captain Cordelia Naismith of the Betan Expeditionary Force would be forced into a separate peace with her enemy, Lord Vorkosigan ....