Customer Reviews

The Mountains of Mourning

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This first of three connected novellas is a great read. A flashback to Miles leave directly after graduating from the Academy, the book deals with miles responsibilities as a feudal lord to dispense justice. It is set in the mountains of his family's district. Miles invetigates the murder of a baby because of a birth defect. The book explores the roots of Mile's love for his planet and how difficult it is for society to adjust to technological advances.

Beware! If you are not already addicted to reading each book of the Miles Vorkosigan series as soon as you can get your hands on it, reading this novella on Kindle might get you hooked. This novella won the Hogo & Nebula awards & became part of one of the early volumes of the series, Borders of Infinity. Most of the later volumes are novels & are not (yet) available on Kindle, but should be available inexpensively on paper. Only the price tells you that you are not getting a novel, but this story is well worth a re-read.

The series is space opera built around a future history in which each episode is shaped by hard science speculation. Miles, his family & allies encounter insurmountable obstacles, ... & surmount them with wry humor.

shame on the reviewer giving a single star because of pricing. this is a fantastic story probably one of bujold's best

A mix of adventure and "proper" science fiction, where the impact of technology on humans, and human attitudes, is explored. Definitely looking more into this author.

This is my all-time favorite story in the fabulous Vorkosigan saga. It has everything - great characterization, fabulous world-building, and a clever mystery. It is a novella, not a full-length novel, so readers should be aware of that when they purchase, but well worth the price.

I love Amazon. I buy books from them all the time, but $3.99 for a novella (or a long short story) when there's no printing, storage, or distribution costs is just a rip off. Shame on them. This is a great story by the way, and it's probably worth $0.50 on the Kindle.