Part of the Vorkosigan Saga series , book 4

The Warrior's Apprentice

Name: The Warrior's Apprentice
Author: Mcmaster Bujold, Lois

by Lois Mcmaster Bujold

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And another writer where we could pick just about any of her novels for this list. We've chosen The Warrior's Apprentice not because it's the best of them (it isn't), but because it's a great place to start, because this is the first appearance of her hero Miles Vorkosigan.This is a great old-fashioned space adventure, full of action. Miles flunks out of the military academy, finds himself the owner of an obsolete freighter, goes on to become the commander of a mercenary fleet, and then starts smuggling weapons during a space war. Why It Makes the ListBujold's on-going Miles Vorkosigan saga has won all sorts of awards, including the Hugo Award for the novels The Vor Game, Barrayar and Mirror Dance, not to mention the novella "The Mountains of Mourning".Lois McMaster Bujold really does make up for a huge mass of sins that the science-fiction writing industry commits in the form of sexism. Oh, wait... women are meant to like being portrayed as submissive, yet sexual, chain-mail bikini wearing individuals? Proving that not all sci-fi is about female subjugation (and really, the sci-fi writing industry is copping a beating lately for it), is the Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold.Alternate Choice: Barrayar If you like tough women, like Lisbeth in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, then you'll love McMaster Bujold's Cordelia Naismith.It's unusual for us to recommend the second novel in a series, but Barrayar is the most popular novel in the Vorkosigan saga, winning both the Hugo and Nebula awards. Other recomended books in the series: Shards of Honor and the Warrior's Apprentice, also by Bujold.