<P>It was the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time for the wrong reasons. And Captain Cordelia Naismith of the Betan Expeditionary Force would be forced into a separate peace with her enemy Lord Vorkosigan.<P><I>Shards of Honor</I> is the novel in which Lois McMaster Bujold introduced the science-fiction world to Barrayar and Aral Vorkosigan Beta Colony and Cordelia Naismith. From this beginning the author has created a multi-generational saga spanning time as well as space.<P>Bujold is generally recognized as the current exemplar of the character-based science-fiction adventure story.<P>A Blackstone Audio production.