Vorkosigan Saga book 1 · 1986
Shards of Honor
Cordelia Naismith, captain of a survey ship from the egalitarian planet Beta Colony, is taken prisoner by Aral Vorkosigan, a Barrayaran officer with a brutal reputation, and finds him nothing like she expected.
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Book facts
- Author
- Lois McMaster Bujold
- Series
- Vorkosigan Saga, book 1 of 17
- Published
- 1986
- Setting
- Set in Barrayar and beyond
- Story order
- Book 2 by the story’s timeline
- Characters charted
- 2
- Chart confidence
- High
In story order: after Falling Free and before Barrayar.
Who is in Shards of Honor
2 recurring or key characters from Lois McMaster Bujold’s chart. Introduces Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan and Aral Vorkosigan.
Lead 1
- Cordelia Naismith VorkosiganFirst appearanceBetan survey captain, Miles's mother
Major 1
- Aral VorkosiganFirst appearanceAdmiral and Regent, Miles's father
Also featuring these characters
Other Lois McMaster Bujold books that share the most characters with Shards of Honor.
- Barrayar1991 · Vorkosigan Saga · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Mirror Dance1994 · Vorkosigan Saga · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Memory1996 · Vorkosigan Saga · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- A Civil Campaign1999 · Vorkosigan Saga · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon