Bujold, Bujold, Bujold

Finalmente, chegaram os livros que há tanto desejava! Em segunda mão, mas já são meus. Há muito que tinha ouvido falar desta senhora que já venceu tantos Hugo Awards como Robert A. Heinlein, quarto para ser mais específica, e, será desta que vou poder ler os livros de Lois McMaster Bujold.

Bujold, é mais conhecida pela Vorkosigan Saga, várias obras de Ficção Científica, mais especificamente space operas. Falling Free (1989) venceu o Nebula Award; The Vor Game (1991 venceu o Hugo Award; Barryar (1992) venceu o Hugo Award e o Locus Award; Mirror Dance (1995) venceu o Hugo Award e o Locus Award;  Mountains of Mourning (1990 - Novella), venceu o Hugo Award e o Nebula Award.

Na fantasia, Bujold tem uma trilogia, Chalion Series e a série The Sharing Knife Series, dividida em quatro livros. The Paladin of Souls (2004), o segundo livro da Chalion Series, venceu o Hugo Award, o Nebula Award e o Locus Award.

The Warrior's Apprentice [1986]

Miles Naismith Vorkosigan's first task is to conquer himself. After that, the universe will be easy...
After failling the physicals for the Barrayaran Military Academy, the brittle-boned, dwarfish son of Cordelia and Aral Vorkosigan refuses to be daunted for long. An ill-advised impulse to rescue others, even if (or is that, because?) he cannot save himself, leads Miles to a galactic adventure that would most definitely not have been approved by his concerned parents, if he had mentioned it ti them. Miles pushes the dictum 'It is easier to gain forgiveness than permission' to its limits as a chain of self-inflicted circumstances leads him into a war zone. Where, to his dismay, he discovers it's not a game any more... and the consequences of his attempted chivarly can become a deadly threat to all he holds dear.

The Curse of Chalion [2001]

Lord Cazaril has been in turn courtier, castle-warder, and captain; now he is but a crippled ex-galley slave seeking nothing more than a menial job in the kitchens of the Dowager Provincara, the noble patroness of his youth. But Cazaril finds himself promoted to the exalted and dangerous position of secretary-tutor to Iselle, the beautiful, fiery sister of the heir to Chalion's throne.

Amidst the dacaying splendour and poisonous intrigue of Chalion's ancient capital, Cardegoss, Cazaril is forced to confront not only the powerful enemies who once boun him to a Roknari oar but also the malignant curse that clings to the royal household, trapping him, flesh and soul, in a maze of demonic paradox, damnation, and death for as long as he dares walk the five-fold pathway od the gods.

The Sharing Knife

Beguilement [2006]

Troubled young Fawn Bluefield seeks a life beyond her family's farm. But en route to the city, she encounters a patrol of Lkewalkers, nomadic soldier - sorcerers from the northern woodlands. Feared necromancers armed with mysterious knives made of human bone, they wage a secret, ongoing war against the scourge of the "malices", imortal entities that draw the life out of their victims, enslaving human and animal alike.

It is Dag - a Lakewalker patroller weighed down by past sorrows and onerous present responsabilities - who must come to Fawn's aid when she is taken captive by a malice. They prevail at a devastating cost - unexpectedly binging their fates as they embark uopn a remarkable journey into danger and delight, prejudice and partnership...and perhaps even love.

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