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Indlæser... Captain Vorpatril's Alliance (2012)af Lois McMaster Bujold
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This is a book I have been waiting for for a long time. Ivan has had a supporting role in all the Vorkosigan books, a role that gave tantalizing hints about his character and capabilities. It was a joy to read a book where he is the leading man. The humor and the love story are lovely, the world is fascinating, and the family dynamics are so much fun! I have a big lump in my throat and tears in my eyes. There was absolutely no illusions for me before opening this book. After "Diplomatic Immunity" and almost yesterdays read of "Cryoburn" there could be none of such. And having read this three books I want to say... no, I can't. I just can't. I don't know how. I would not do that. Not before I read enough of this to overcome all the memory of the first 12 books. Not before I could overcome myself. Truth is... over course of the years this series was written author has changed, world has changed, I've changed... I can not dismiss it. Change is universal human right. We are born with it. We should not dismiss it for each other. I do not want to dismiss it right now. And for the rating... The real downside for this book is the lack of inspiration. And the fact that it actually happened before "Cryoburn". August 2019 reread: I liked this entry in the Vorkosigan series more this time around. It was good to get to know Ivan better and I found Original review from 2015: A fun entry in the Vorkosigan series featuring Miles's cousin Ivan Vorpatril. I do wish that I had read (or, rather, listened to) this before Cryoburn though, as it is clearly set prior to it. While I enjoyed this very much, this one had less social commentary in it and so wasn't quite as good a book as some of the others in the series in my opinion. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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HTML: Captain Ivan Vorpatril is happy with his relatively uneventful bachelor's life as a staff officer to a Barrayaran admiral. Cousin to imperial troubleshooter Miles Vorkosigan, Ivan is not far down the hereditary list for the emperorship. Thankfully, new heirs have directed that headache elsewhere, leaving Ivan to enjoy his life on Komarr, far from the byzantine court politics of his home system. But when an old friend in Barrayaran intelligence asks Ivan to protect an attractive young woman who may be on the hit list of a criminal syndicate, his chivalrous nature takes over. It seems danger and adventure have once more found Captain Vorpatril. Tej Arqua and her half-sister and servant Rish are fleeing the violent overthrow of their clan on free-for-all planet Jackson's Whole. Now it seems Tej may possess a secret of which even she may not be awareâ??a secret that could corrupt the heart of a highly regarded Barrayaran family and provide the final advantage for the thugs who seek to overthrow Tej's homeworld. But none of Tej's formidable adversaries have counted on Ivan Vorpatril. For behind Ivan's façade of wry and self-effacing humor lies a true and cunning protector who will never leave a distressed lady in the lurchâ??making the ultimate sacrifice to keep her from harm: the treasured and hard-won freedom from his own fate as a scion of Barray Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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I thought that the plot became a bit forced when Tej's family arrived. They had to make ImpSec a bit dumb to miss what was going on. But Bujold has a way to tell the story and create compelling characters that always gets my attention. ( )