Description
Discharged from the Barrayan Military Academy, Miles Vorkosigan chances on a jumpship with a rebellious pilot and arranges to take over the ship. Events escalate from there, and soon Miles is commander of a mercenary fleet and reinvents himself as Admiral Naismith of the Dendarii Mercenary Army.
“The pace is breathless, the characterizations thoughtful and emotionally powerful . . . Highly recommended,” writes Booklist.
Late in the book, there is a reveal that a side character sexually abused and tortured prisoners of war.