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Leo Graf was just your average highly efficient engineer: mind your own business, fix what's wrong, and move on to the next job. But all that changed on his assignment to the Cay Habitat, where a group of humanoids had been secretly, commercially bioengineered for working in free fall. Could he just stand there and allow the exploitation of hundreds of helpless children merely to enhance the bottom line of a heartless mega-corporation?
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- De Carol en 02-20-13
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Quatrain
- Twelve Houses, Book 0.5
- De: Sharon Shinn
- Narrado por: Eva Wilhelm
- Duración: 12 h y 4 m
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Sharon Shinn's Twelve Houses books have fascinated fans and critics alike with their irresistible blend of fantasy, romance, and adventure. Now in Quatrain, she weaves compelling stories in four of the worlds that fans love in "Flight", "Blood", "Gold", and "Flame".
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Lovely set of novellas, description needs updated
- De Lindsay C. en 09-25-20
De: Sharon Shinn
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Crystal Soldier
- Liaden Universe Books of Before, Book 1
- De: Sharon Lee, Steve Miller
- Narrado por: Kevin T. Collins
- Duración: 13 h y 51 m
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Centuries in the past, mankind fought a seemingly unbeatable adversary from sector to sector across the Spiral Arm until the war ground to a standstill and the Enemy withdrew. Believing that they had won, the citizens of the galaxy rebuilt. The Inner Worlds, which had escaped the worst of the war's ravages, became even more insular, while the Rim worlds adopted a free and easy way with law and order. Now, hundreds of years after their withdrawal, the Enemy is back - and this time they'll be satisfied with nothing less than the extinction of the galaxy.
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Finally, Liaden on Audible
- De Charlie en 09-05-12
De: Sharon Lee, y otros
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Revealed
- De: Kate Noble
- Narrado por: Alison Larkin
- Duración: 14 h y 6 m
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Phillippa Benning is the unrivaled beauty of the Season. But when another lady challenges her for a marquis's attentions, Phillippa entices him to a secret rendezvous only to stumble upon The Blue Raven, England's most famous spy, lurking at the site of her planned tryst. The Blue Raven has uncovered an enemy plot directed at upcoming society functions, but he's unable to infiltrate London society.
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Really enjoyed this one — terrific listen — ignore the negative reviews
- De Pamela en 08-31-20
De: Kate Noble
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A Share in Death
- De: Deborah Crombie
- Narrado por: Michael Deehy
- Duración: 7 h y 3 m
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A week's holiday in a luxurious hotel is just what Scotland Yard's Superintendent Duncan Kincaid needs. But his vacation ends dramatically with the discovery of a dead body in the whirlpool bath. Despite a suspicious lack of cooperation from the local constabulary, Kincaid's keen sense of duty won't allow him to ignore the heinous crime, impelling him to send for his enthusiastic young assistant, Sergeant Gemma James. But the stakes are raised significantly when a second murder occurs....
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series readers, start here
- De connie en 02-09-13
De: Deborah Crombie
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When the Marquess Met His Match
- An American Heiress in London, Book 1
- De: Laura Lee Guhrke
- Narrado por: Susan Ericksen
- Duración: 10 h y 58 m
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Lady Belinda Featherstone's job is to guide American heiresses to matrimony, and away from men like Nicholas, Marquess of Trubridge. But the charming, disreputable marquess needs a wealthy bride, and he hires Belinda to help him find one. Her task seems easy: find that scoundrel the sort of wife he so richly deserves. But Nicholas' hot, searing kiss soon proves her task will be anything but easy.
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A persistent Marquess
- De Cam en 04-20-14
De: Laura Lee Guhrke
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Winter Collection
- Six Historical Short Stories (A Timeless Romance Anthology, Book 1)
- De: Sarah M. Eden, Heidi Ashworth, Annette Lyon, y otros
- Narrado por: Karen Peakes
- Duración: 8 h y 6 m
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Six award-winning authors have contributed brand new stories to A Timeless Romance Anthology: Winter Collection. A collection unlike any other, listeners will love this compilation of six sweet historical romance novellas, set in varying eras, yet all with one thing in common: Romance.
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Winter
- De Manila J. Dobbs en 08-12-23
De: Sarah M. Eden, y otros
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About a Rogue
- Desperately Seeking Duke
- De: Caroline Linden
- Narrado por: Beverley A. Crick
- Duración: 10 h y 23 m
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Bianca Tate is horrified when her sister Cathy is obliged to accept an offer of marriage from Maximilian St. James, notorious rake. Defiantly, she helps Cathy elope with her true love and takes her sister’s place at the altar. Perched on the lowest branch of his family tree, Max has relied on charm and cunning to survive. But an unexpected stroke of luck gives him an outside chance at a dukedom - and which Tate sister he weds hardly seems to matter. Married or not, Bianca is determined to protect her family’s prosperous ceramics business, even when Max shows an affinity for it.
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Story through internal thoughts and over-telling
- De Laurie S en 08-01-21
De: Caroline Linden
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What Happens at Christmas
- De: Victoria Alexander
- Narrado por: Elizabeth Wiley
- Duración: 11 h y 15 m
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Camille, Lady Lydingham, knows precisely what she wants for Christmas - an official engagement to a handsome, dashing prince. Her very proper suitor expects a proper English family and the perfect Dickensian Christmas, which leaves the lovely widow with a slight problem. The last thing Camille wants is for the prince to meet her unconventional relatives. But with the aid of a troupe of actors, Camille intends to pull off a Christmas deception of massive proportions. At least until Grayson Elliot shows up....
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A CARRY ON OF A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS
- De CAROLYN 🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹🔹 en 11-13-12
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Steam and Sorcery
- De: Cindy Spencer Pape
- Narrado por: Helen Stern
- Duración: 7 h y 50 m
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Sir Merrick Hadrian hunts monsters, both human and supernatural. A Knight of the Order of the Round Table, his use of magick and the technologies of steam power have made him both respected and feared. But his considerable skills are useless in the face of his greatest challenge, guardianship of five unusual children. At a loss, Merrick enlists the aid of a governess....
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light read
- De Marcelina en 02-07-13
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A Lady in the Smoke
- A Victorian Mystery
- De: Karen Odden
- Narrado por: Mary Sarah
- Duración: 13 h y 46 m
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Following a humiliating fourth season in London, Lady Elizabeth Fraser is on her way back to her ancestral country estate when her train careens off the rails and bursts into flames. Though she is injured, she manages to drag herself and her unconscious mother out of the wreckage, and amid the chaos that ensues, a brilliant young railway surgeon saves her mother's life. Elizabeth feels an immediate connection with Paul Wilcox - though society would never deem a medical man eligible for the daughter of an earl.
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Great Story, Annoying Narration
- De Wren en 06-08-17
De: Karen Odden
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The Autumn Bride
- Chance Sisters Romance Series, Book 1
- De: Anne Gracie
- Narrado por: Alison Larkin
- Duración: 10 h y 54 m
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Governess Abigail Chantry will do anything to save her sister and two dearest friends from destitution, even if it means breaking into an empty mansion in the hope of finding something to sell. Instead of treasures, though, she finds the owner, Lady Beatrice Davenham, bedridden and neglected. Appalled, Abby rousts Lady Beatrice's predatory servants and-with Lady Beatrice's eager cooperation-the four young ladies become her "nieces," neatly eliminating the threat of disaster for all concerned!
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A Delightfully Light Piece of Fluff
- De 1955 en 02-22-13
De: Anne Gracie
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The Game and the Governess
- Winner Takes All, Book 1
- De: Kate Noble
- Narrado por: Beverley A. Crick
- Duración: 10 h y 33 m
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When Ned meets governess Phoebe Baker, he becomes intent on gaining her affections. Phoebe wants nothing more than to keep her head down, teach her students, and go unnoticed-especially by the Earl of Ashby. But his rakish secretary has the infuriating habit of constantly crossing her path. Yet Phoebe cannot deny that her pulse quickens in Ned's presence. If this prim-and-proper governess lets her heart rule, will fate intervene where Ned's luck has forsaken him?
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My Musings
- De Reader Lady en 07-30-16
De: Kate Noble
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- De: Lois McMaster Bujold
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Leo Graf was just your average highly efficient engineer: mind your own business, fix what's wrong, and move on to the next job. But all that changed on his assignment to the Cay Habitat, where a group of humanoids had been secretly, commercially bioengineered for working in free fall. Could he just stand there and allow the exploitation of hundreds of helpless children merely to enhance the bottom line of a heartless mega-corporation?
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Don't read this one first
- De Carol en 02-20-13
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The Hallowed Hunt
- De: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrado por: Marguerite Gavin
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The half-mad Prince Boleso has been slain by a noblewoman he had intended to defile. It falls to Lord Ingrey kin Wilfcliff to transport the prince to his burial place and to bring the accused killer, Lady Ijada, to judgment. The road he travels with his burden and his prisoner is fraught with danger. But in the midst of political chaos, magic has the fiercer hold on Ingrey's destiny, and Ijada herself may turn out to be the only one he dares trust.
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Extremely disappointing
- De Loren en 10-12-12
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The Sharing Knife, Volume 1
- Beguilement
- De: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrado por: Bernadette Dunne
- Duración: 11 h y 59 m
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Young, pregnant Fawn Bluefield has just fled her family's farm to the city of Glassforge, where she encounters a patrol of the enigmatic soldier-sorcerers known as Lakewalkers. Fawn has heard stories about the Lakewalkers, who are wandering necromancers with no permanent homes and no possessions except the clothes they wear and the mysterious knives they carry. What she does not know is that the Lakewalkers are engaged in a perilous campaign against inhuman and immortal magical entities known as "malices".
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Not really my thing
- De Eric C. Zawadzki en 08-27-09
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Proto Zoa
- Five Early Short Stories
- De: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 3 h y 37 m
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Protozoa is a word from biology via the Greek, meaning "first animals". These short stories were indeed among the first life spontaneously generated in Lois McMaster Bujold's nascent writing career. Along with an introduction by the author, this collection features the short stories "Barter", "Garage Sale", "The Hole Truth", "Dreamweaver's Dilemma", and "Aftermaths".
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5 good shorts
- De IreneMBBT en 07-23-20
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Penric’s Demon
- A Fantasy Novella in the World of the Five Gods
- De: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 4 h y 2 m
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On his way to his betrothal, young Lord Penric comes upon a riding accident with an elderly lady on the ground, her maidservant and guardsmen distraught. As he approaches to help, he discovers that the lady is a Temple divine, servant to the five gods of this world. Her avowed god is the Bastard, "master of all disasters out of season", and with her dying breath she bequeaths her mysterious powers to Penric.
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A Kinder, Gentler Demon
- De Carol en 01-10-16
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The Spirit Ring
- De: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 13 h y 25 m
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In an alternate Renaissance Italy where the church regulates magic and licenses magicians, fiery Fiametta Beneforte wants to be more than her goldsmith-mage father's unpaid apprentice. But when the Duchy of Montefoglia is laid under military and magical siege, she unexpectedly must join with Thur Ochs, a young Swiss miner and foundryman, to tap their skills in both metalwork and necromancy to rescue her father's soul and combat an evil sorcerer.
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Well written Supernatural-Fantasy
- De IreneMBBT en 07-29-19
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Falling Free
- Miles Vorsokigan, Book 4
- De: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 8 h y 44 m
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Leo Graf was just your average highly efficient engineer: mind your own business, fix what's wrong, and move on to the next job. But all that changed on his assignment to the Cay Habitat, where a group of humanoids had been secretly, commercially bioengineered for working in free fall. Could he just stand there and allow the exploitation of hundreds of helpless children merely to enhance the bottom line of a heartless mega-corporation?
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Don't read this one first
- De Carol en 02-20-13
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The Hallowed Hunt
- De: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrado por: Marguerite Gavin
- Duración: 16 h y 23 m
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The half-mad Prince Boleso has been slain by a noblewoman he had intended to defile. It falls to Lord Ingrey kin Wilfcliff to transport the prince to his burial place and to bring the accused killer, Lady Ijada, to judgment. The road he travels with his burden and his prisoner is fraught with danger. But in the midst of political chaos, magic has the fiercer hold on Ingrey's destiny, and Ijada herself may turn out to be the only one he dares trust.
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Extremely disappointing
- De Loren en 10-12-12
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The Sharing Knife, Volume 1
- Beguilement
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Young, pregnant Fawn Bluefield has just fled her family's farm to the city of Glassforge, where she encounters a patrol of the enigmatic soldier-sorcerers known as Lakewalkers. Fawn has heard stories about the Lakewalkers, who are wandering necromancers with no permanent homes and no possessions except the clothes they wear and the mysterious knives they carry. What she does not know is that the Lakewalkers are engaged in a perilous campaign against inhuman and immortal magical entities known as "malices".
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Not really my thing
- De Eric C. Zawadzki en 08-27-09
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Proto Zoa
- Five Early Short Stories
- De: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
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Protozoa is a word from biology via the Greek, meaning "first animals". These short stories were indeed among the first life spontaneously generated in Lois McMaster Bujold's nascent writing career. Along with an introduction by the author, this collection features the short stories "Barter", "Garage Sale", "The Hole Truth", "Dreamweaver's Dilemma", and "Aftermaths".
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5 good shorts
- De IreneMBBT en 07-23-20
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Penric’s Demon
- A Fantasy Novella in the World of the Five Gods
- De: Lois McMaster Bujold
- Narrado por: Grover Gardner
- Duración: 4 h y 2 m
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On his way to his betrothal, young Lord Penric comes upon a riding accident with an elderly lady on the ground, her maidservant and guardsmen distraught. As he approaches to help, he discovers that the lady is a Temple divine, servant to the five gods of this world. Her avowed god is the Bastard, "master of all disasters out of season", and with her dying breath she bequeaths her mysterious powers to Penric.
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A Kinder, Gentler Demon
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The Spirit Ring
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In an alternate Renaissance Italy where the church regulates magic and licenses magicians, fiery Fiametta Beneforte wants to be more than her goldsmith-mage father's unpaid apprentice. But when the Duchy of Montefoglia is laid under military and magical siege, she unexpectedly must join with Thur Ochs, a young Swiss miner and foundryman, to tap their skills in both metalwork and necromancy to rescue her father's soul and combat an evil sorcerer.
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Fragmentos de honor [Shards of Honor]
- Las aventuras de Miles Vorkosigan 1 [The Adventures of Miles Vorkosigan, Book 1]
- De: Lois McMaster Bujold, Rafael Martín Trechera - translator
- Narrado por: Raúl Rodríguez
- Duración: 10 h y 8 m
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Cordelia Naismith, de la Fuerza Expedicionaria Betana, estaba en el lugar y el momento equivocados, inlcuso llevaba el uniforme que no debía. Así que su encuentro con Aral Vorkosigan solo podía ser consecuencia de una de esas estratagemas tan sórdidas y abundantes en la militarizada sociedad de Barrayar. Un conjunto de intrigas, traiciones y engaños la conducen a establecer una paz personal con Aral Vorkosigan, su principal enemigo.
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Muy entretenida. Ligera, bien narrada, breve.
- De anisakis27 en 05-24-22
De: Lois McMaster Bujold, y otros
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Heroes Die
- The First of the Acts of Caine
- De: Matthew Stover
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 22 h y 28 m
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Renowned throughout the land of Ankhana as the Blade of Tyshalle, Caine has killed his share of monarchs and commoners, villains and heroes. He is relentless, unstoppable, simply the best there is at what he does. At home on Earth, Caine is Hari Michaelson, a superstar whose adventures in Ankhana command an audience of billions.
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Don't Let the Cover Turn You Off
- De Paul en 08-13-12
De: Matthew Stover
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Empire of Silence
- Sun Eater, Book 1
- De: Christopher Ruocchio
- Narrado por: Samuel Roukin
- Duración: 26 h y 6 m
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The galaxy remembers Hadrian Marlowe as a hero: the man who burned every last alien Cielcin from the sky. They remember him as a monster: the devil who destroyed a sun, casually annihilating four billion human lives - even the emperor himself - against Imperial orders. But Hadrian was not a hero. He was not a monster. He was not even a soldier. Fleeing his father and a future as a torturer, Hadrian finds himself stranded on a strange, backwater world.
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A Slow start at best....then the story tapers off
- De paul nordquist en 08-21-19
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Where Peace Is Lost
- A Novel
- De: Valerie Valdes
- Narrado por: Rebecca Mozo
- Duración: 11 h y 36 m
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Five years ago, Kelana Gardavros lost everything in the war against the Pale empire. Now Kel Garda is just another refugee living on the edge of an isolated star system. No one knows she was once a member of an Order whose military arm was disbanded and scattered across the galaxy. And no one knows that if her enemies found her, they might destroy the entire world to get rid of her. Kel’s past intrudes in the form of a long-dormant Pale war machine, suddenly reactivated. If the massive automaton isn’t stopped, at best it will carve a swath of devastation that displaces thousands of people.
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A fun adventure
- De AngieRuns en 09-08-23
De: Valerie Valdes
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On Basilisk Station
- Honor Harrington, Book 1
- De: David Weber
- Narrado por: Allyson Johnson
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Honor Harrington has been exiled to Basilisk station and given an antique ship to police the system. The vindictive superior who sent her there wants her to fail. But he made one mistake: he's made her mad....
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Thanks for the memories
- De ShySusan en 03-23-13
De: David Weber
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Stranger in a Strange Land
- De: Robert A. Heinlein
- Narrado por: Christopher Hurt
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Stranger in a Strange Land is the epic saga of an earthling, Valentine Michael Smith, born and educated on Mars, who arrives on our planet with “psi” powers—telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition, telekinesis, teleportation, pyrolysis, and the ability to take control of the minds of others—and complete innocence regarding the mores of man. After his tutelage under a surrogate father figure, Valentine begins his transformation into a kind of messiah.
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We live in the world this book made
- De W. Seligman en 02-26-04
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre A Civil Campaign
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- KerPow
- 08-07-18
Top of the VK Series
This one is one of my favorites. Glorious performances, great humor, and an ample helping of Cordelia. A warning: does contain anti-trans violence and sexual assault.
Don’t start here. I’d begin with warrior’s apprentice, vor game, or shards of honor.
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- Benjamin
- 10-24-15
One of the best Miles V. novels
I'm an avid fan. I think I like this novel and Komar are the best however for long term fans. Perhaps it's because Miles finally finds his Ekaterine.
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- Kris Rudin
- 08-23-22
Very enjoyable!
An extremely lighthearted entry in the series. Several scenes had me smiling to myself, and occasionally laughing out loud. The drama in the Council of Counts dragged on a bit, but I suppose the book needed some kind of conflict other than the romantic type. Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed it!!
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- Merlin
- 05-07-22
Another enjoyable saga in this storyline
Since I started this book series there has always been a fascination for me. So I have committed to enjoy every episode thereafter. I think what I like best about this author and book series is how it makes one think. The narrator does grow on you and the complex storylines weave together into a very detailed intricate picture. I have also noticed good to fall asleep to. Not that it's boring. so I bookmark when I lose focus on some part of the story before sleeping.
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- 05-31-08
Great Series
The Vorkosigan series will keep you listening. I enjoyed all of the available downloads to this series and hope they soon make available those that are not yet available. This series combines humor, fantasy, sci-fi, and romance with a unexpected number or twists.
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- Jeremy R.
- 08-13-17
LMB does it again.
Another unique and wonderful story on the Vorkosigan saga. I'm constantly amazed by the depth and breadth of LMB's imagination. I love her characters. I can't wait to find out what happens next. MOVING ON TO THE NEXT BOOK IMMEDIATELY!!!
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- Katherine
- 08-08-13
Romance, politics, and comedy
Originally posted at FanLit.
I was afraid I wasn’t going to like A Civil Campaign as well as the previous VORKOSIGAN novels because, according to the description, the plot takes place all on the planet Barrayar and it deals mostly with relationship issues for several of the characters. Most of the various editions of the book sport covers with couples dancing or getting married. So, yeah, I thought it was a romance novel.
Well, A Civil Campaign is a romance novel, but because it involves the romances of Miles Vorkosigan, his clone brother Mark, and his tomcatting cousin Ivan Vorpatril, it is, thankfully, a lot more than that. Along with the romance, Bujold weaves in a few funny subplots that both entertain and advance the plot of the VORKOSIGAN series on the non-romantic fronts, too.
Miles’ goal in this book is to convince the widow Ekaterin Vorsoisson to marry him. (We met her in Komarr.) Ekaterin’s first marriage was painful and she is not inclined to repeat the experience. That’s just one problem. The other is that Ekaterin is beautiful and a Vor. Since beautiful single Vor women are rare on patriarchal Barrayar (the previous generation genetically selected for boys), they are in high demand. Miles has to court Ekaterin without scaring her away while he attempts to fend off all other suitors and while he tries to maintain his dignity as an Imperial Auditor. Other romances are going on, too. Gregor’s wedding is being planned by Ivan’s mother. Mark is courting one of the Koudelka girls (her father is not pleased!) and Ivan has suddenly realized that while he has been happily carousing for years, all the best girls were getting snatched up.
Meanwhile, since Aral Vorkosigan is off planet, Miles is left with his father’s political duties and the counsel has to deal with a couple of inheritance disputes. One of them involves the problem of patriarchy and the other involves racism. Lois McMaster Bujold has a way of commenting on these issues using humor instead of a hammer — it’s both effective and entertaining.
Along with the all the romance and politics, Bujold serves up a hilarious storyline in which Mark, who now considers himself an entrepreneur, teams up with a brilliant but socially inept scientist to genetically engineer insects that vomit up a cheap and nutritious creamy substance that they hope to market to the universe. They set up a lab in Vorkosigan house and get the lovely Koudelka girls to be their lab assistants. This slapstick storyline is a little over the top, but I thought it worked well as a contrast to the politics and romance. Bujold weaves all of these plots together for a synergistic effect that’s quite pleasing.
There are some niggling little problems with A Civil Campaign, at least for me. One was that I couldn’t muster up the attraction for Ekaterin that Miles seems to feel. I am not sure why he loves her — she’s kind of dull. Also, her reaction to the discovery that Miles was trying to sneakily court her was unreasonable, and his reaction to her reaction was even more unreasonable. This has to do with my second complaint which is that Miles and Mark are both in their thirties but act like they’re eighteen. Miles is an Imperial Auditor, in fact — a very distinguished position in the empire. I forgave their immaturity in previous novels because it seemed like the messes they got themselves into weren’t really their faults. In this novel, though, they don’t have such a good excuse… On the other hand, this juvenile behavior, which culminates in this case in a disastrous dinner party, is exactly what makes the plot so entertaining, isn’t it?
I’m listening to Grover Gardner narrate the audio version of the VORKOSIGAN saga. He’s awesome.
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- Damon Stennett
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Best of the series
Grover Gardner and Lois McMaster Bujold are divine together. What a team. Both are masters of their craft and elevate each others' work.
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- 07-01-16
There's Something about Ekaterin.
Great story. There was really no big crisis but it was enthralling just the same.
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- 09-21-08
Just Fabulous.
Bujold entertwines plots and subplots, full of satisfying originality, humor and depth. Some of the character have an unnerving reality to them. A brilliant writer delivers once again. This one is one of my favorites and may unfortunately be the last in the Miles series.
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