Diplomatic Immunity (Miles Vorkosigan Adventures)


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    • ISBN13: 9780743436120
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    • Author : Lois McMaster Bujold
    • Binding : Mass Market Paperback
    • Dewey Decimal Number : 813.54
    • EAN : 9780743436120
    • Edition : First Thus
    • ISBN : 0743436121
    • Label : Baen
    • List Price : $7.99 (USD)
    • Manufacturer : Baen
    • Number Of Items : 1
    • Number Of Pages : 384
    • Package Dimensions : 1.20 inches (Height) x 6.60 inches (Length) x 0.50 pounds (Weight) x 4.10 inches (Width)
    • Publication Date : 2003-06-03
    • Publisher : Baen
    • Studio : Baen

    Fans won't find this surprising in the least, but Miles Vorkosigan--the plucky, short-statured hero of Lois McMaster Bujold's beloved series--is uniquely incapable of having an uneventful honeymoon. Between a racially fueled diplomatic dispute, the appearance of a hermaphroditic old flame, and a bizarre Cetagandan genetic conspiracy, Miles just can't seem to get a minute of peace with his new wife, the lovely and resourceful Ekaterin (whom Miles courted in A Civil Campaign). Miles had hoped to give "hands-on op games" a rest once and for all, but when the Emperor urgently calls on him to resolve a "legal entanglement" in Quaddiespace, diplomacy alone might prove inadequate. (Quaddies, you'll remember, are the no-legged, four-armed free-fallers introduced in Falling Free.) Our newly minted Imperial Auditor almost immediately forgets all about "Baby's First Cell Division" (after the assignment comes in, Ekaterin quickly observes "You know, you keep claiming your job is boring, Miles, but your eyes have gone all bright"), but even Miles feels the heat after his diplomatic attempts devolve into a series of flattering assassination attempts. Vorkosigan (and family now!) is as winning as ever, with Bujold offering up her usual fun mix of space-opera action and droll social commentary in a character-centered plot. And here's a bonus for Milesophiles and Vorkosiga novices alike: a book-by-book timeline detailing what trouble Miles got into and when. --Paul Hughes

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    This is a comedy of terrors...A rich Komarran merchant fleet has been impounded at Graf Station, in distant Quaddiespace, after a bloody incident on the station docks involving a security officer from the convoy's Barrayaran military escort. Lord Miles Vorkosigan of Barrayar and his wife, Lady Ekaterin, have other things on their minds, such as getting home in time to attend the long-awaited births of their first children. But when duty calls in the voice of Barrayar's Emperor Gregor, Miles, Gregor's youngest Imperial Auditor (a special high-level troubleshooter) has no choice but to answer. Waiting on Graf Station are diplomatic snarls, tangled loyalties, old friends, new enemies, racial tensions, lies and deceptions, mysterious disappearances, and a lethal secret with wider consequences than even Miles anticipates: a race with time for life against death in horrifying new forms. The downside of being a troubleshooter comes when trouble starts shooting back.

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    Rated 4.0 stars Customers rated Diplomatic Immunity (Miles Vorkosigan Adventures) 4.0 stars out of 5.0 based on 97 reviews:

    • It's Lonely At The Top

      by Lao T. Sue (Virginia) - 2010-02-26  Rated 5 stars
      As other reviewers have noted, earlier works in this series dealt with Miles' difficulties fitting into the conservative Barrayaran society. But now Miles has triumphed -- he is an Imperial Auditor, with the Emperer's full support and considerable power. How will he adjust to that? This is what the author is dealing with in this book. Miles couldn't stay forever at the bottom of the pyramid -- he's just too competent for that. So now he has to deal with being at the top -- and Bujold has done a great job of showing us how he succeeds -- just barely -- at it. If you've read the other books and enjoyed them, you'll really enjoy this one -- angst gets boring after a while, doesn't it?

    • Another of the "life and times of Miles Vorkosigan" series

      by Joan White (Dallas) - 2010-01-01  Rated 4 stars
      Title: Diplomatic Immunity Author: Lois McMaster Bujold The copy reviewed is the second printing (in the same month, year as the first printing) of May, 2002 by Simon & Schuster / A Baen Books Original. This is another of Ms Bujolds "life and times of Miles Vorkosigan series". Miles and Ekaterin are just returning home from a belated honeymoon in time for the birth (via replicator) of their first two children, Aral Alexander and Helen Natalia when an Imperial courier catches up with their ship. The message from Emperor Gregor starts out "I'm sorry to interrupt you honeymoon, Miles" As one of Gregor's Imperial Auditors, Miles must get himself to Graf Station and sort out the situation "Without starting a war, if you please, or breaking my Imperial Budget". When Miles gets to Graf station, the Barrayaran propensity for reacting adversely to mutants has caused trouble between Barrayaran fleet personal and the Quaddies who run Graf Station ["one officer referred to them as horrible spider mutants ]. Because of this, the Komarran merchant fleet they were escorting has been impounded. Also, a mess of blood has been left on station docks which was identified as the blood of a security officer of the Barrayaran escort. Miles seems a little slow in getting started (he is a little distracted since Ekaterin has gone with him), but after he meets his old friend Bel things start picking up. Although Ekaterin is more interested in the station itself (from Ekaterin: "An Auditor's wife, however, is not an assistant Auditor."), she even gets involved by giving Miles some help with repeated conversations of pertinent matters. The romantical asides come a little more often in this book than they generally have in the past - after all Miles is still on his honeymoon even if it has been delayed a year - but it seems as natural as it has been in the past books for Admiral Naismith. As usual, Ms Bujold develops her other characters so that one just naturally accepts them as real people in the story. She doesn't neglect adding to the new Miles since his marriage. Not that he has changed all that much, but he does sometimes seem a little less intense and one isn't likely to say something like, as in an earlier story, "My God, you mean he's like this all the time". Instead you now sometimes find him looking at images in a vid plate of sperm wriggling in the grip of the medical micro-tractor and being interrupted by his wife with a "Miles, are you looking at those baby pictures again ". Of course, as in any good novel of this sort, the good guys win in the end but it is a lot of fun getting there.

    • Not a typical Bujold novel

      by David A. Maas - 2009-06-02  Rated 2 stars
      I've been a major fan of Lois McMaster Bujold for quite some time, and I was mildly horrified by Diplomatic Immunity - characters that typically would have been rich, complex, and interesting came through as extremely two dimensional. In fact, the main reason I checked this amazon page is that I figured that it may have, somehow, been written by someone else. When I first read the Warrior's Apprentince I was captivated by many things, among them were the complexity of the cultures the author creates, the occasionally fallible nature of the hero, and the 3 dimensional, very lifelike antagonists; all of these qualities were somehow missing in this book. I still hold out hope that I, somehow, received a counterfit copy. Overall it was OK, but it was not what I was expecting.

    • Diplomatic Immunity

      by S.J. Loudy (Paxton, IL) - 2009-02-02  Rated 5 stars
      I recommend this audio book highly - I like the voice of the reader, especially how he personalizes the diffenent characters. I am a great fan of all the vorkosigan adventures by Lois McMaster Bujold!

    • Back With A Vengence

      by Travis Starnes (Houston, Texas USA) - 2008-05-21  Rated 5 stars
      Bujold is back in form with this book. This character has always been great, and Vorkosigan series is one of the better on the market, but the last few books lost some of the shine that Bujold's storytelling normally has. Finally Bujold has hit another winner. This is book is back to solo Miles, without the distractions of other characters splitting the primary plot-line. Miles is, as always, a top notch character. Interesting to watch, flawed enough to believe, you can't help but root for him. The addition of Katerina is welcomed, and she manages to bolster the story without pulling it from Miles, which is always the interesting point. It is also nice to see some supporting cast from previous books back. The story itself is a solid mystery worthy of the early Vorkosigan mysteries. While Miles does have authority this time, he still feels like the underdog and coming from behind, which has always worked for this series. This is a quality book, and a must get for fans of the series.

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