Cordelia's Honor is by Lois McMaster Bujold. A combination of two of Bujold's science fiction books into one volume. Cordelia is the captain of a survey ship from Beta colony. On a routine survey her team is attacked by soldiers from Barrayar, Cordelia orders her crew to leave her and escape; she then meets the Barrayaran leader and discovers the attack on her crew was really a mutiny to kill the leader of the Barrayarn's named Vorkosigan. Cordelia and Vorkosigan survive and she helps him kill the mutineers and he helps her get back to Beta. Once there she discovers a war has broken out and she leads a mission to defeat the Barrayan fleet, only to be captured. She is rescued by Vorkosigan and she helps him defeat a political rival. Upon her return to Beta she discovers she is considered a Barrayaran spy, so she flees to Barrayar and marries Vorkosigan, who she loves. When Vorkosigan is made regent at the death of the current Emperor, Cordelia finds herself in the middle of a civil war. I am not a huge fan of science fiction, except for anything by Martha Wells, but I really enjoyed these books. More action and political intrigue than heavy science fiction.
Ratings: 12th grade - 8 out of 10 - AC (mature thematic content) - V (violence).
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