Series
Cordelia Vorkosigan
Lois McMaster Bujold · 3 novels · 1 short story · 1986–2016
This Cordelia Naismith strand of Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga follows the Beta Colony survey captain who falls for her Barrayaran counterpart, Aral Vorkosigan, while the two are marooned together on opposing sides of a conflict in Shards of Honor, then chooses exile from her own more progressive society to join him on militaristic Barrayar. Barrayar continues her story through a coup attempt and an assassination bid targeting her unborn son, Miles, the saga's usual protagonist; both novels are collected as the omnibus Cordelia's Honor. Decades later, Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen returns to Cordelia as a widow proposing an unconventional new family to her late husband's former subordinate and lover, Admiral Jole.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Reading order
The order the books came out.
Best read in the order they were published.
- Omnibus editions(1 edition)
Map
Cordelia Vorkosigan at the centre, its books fanned around what holds them. Pick anything for its details, and zoom out for similar series in orbit — the reading order above lists the same books as text.
Stats
By decade
- 1980s2
- 1990s1
- 2000s0
- 2010s1
Shape
3 novels · 1 short story
1 author
reads like:science fictionparenthoodother star systemsfar futureemotionaladult
Mood
Grim and intense: 25% of this series' placed works, the catalog's 46%.
this series · the catalog · one dot = one book4 of 4 works carry a tone
Edges of the map
- Aftermathsdarkest · calmest
- Shards of Honorbrightest
- Barrayarmost intense