Cordelia's Honor
Shards of Honor- Betan Cmdr Cordelia Naismith and enemy Barrayaran Aral Vorkosigan are attacked and marooned together. Aral, misnamed "Butcher of Komarr", captures her. They exchange meanings of honor and love, separate for homes. Later demoted to Captain, Cordelia runs into Aral, after his sadistic cousin Vorrutyer, and warped ugly bodyguard Sgt Bothari. Cordelia flees Betans who ignore truth. BarrayarAral is appointed Regent of baby heir by dying Emperor. Cordelia, now pregnant Lady Vorkosigan, breathes antidote to poisonous gas. Her son Miles has fragile bones that break on birth and will limit his adult height and durability.
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- "Cordelia's Honor", a starting point in Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan series. So good: I'm a fan of space operas, and enjoyed the Expanse novels and Scalzi's Interdependency series. These novels are as enjoyable as those were, though Bujold focuses more on two people rather than chasing multiple different threads. I get a solid "I enjoy this like I remember enjoying Heinlein" vibe from the books, and Bujold's politics is more inclusive and less Curmudgeonly Old Libertarian than Heinlein so that's a win for me too. I'm now guzzling the rest of the books in the series. Each novel stands alone, but there's a timeline and continued characters.
- In that case, let me recommend the Vorkosigan saga, if you haven't read it yet. One of the best book series I've ever read, definitely the best among space opera.
Start with Cordelia's Honor https://www.amazon.com/-/dp/0671578286
Edit: various books from the series won 4 Hugo awards, 2 Nebula awards, and were nominated a dozen of times.
