The Warrior Apprentice (1986)
The Warrior Apprentice is a 1986 fiction book written by Lois McMaster Bujold.
Miles Vorkosigan wants only to earn a place in the Barrayaran military, but his brittle bones betray him during the physical exam and shut the door in his face. Cut loose and stung, he leaves for Beta Colony with his bodyguard, and through a run of fast talk and faster improvisation finds himself the accidental commander of a mercenary fleet he never meant to raise. Lois McMaster Bujold launches her Vorkosigan saga on the engine that drives the whole series: a young man whose body limits him at every turn and whose mind refuses to accept any limit at all.
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What is The Warrior Apprentice about?
Miles Vorkosigan wants only to earn a place in the Barrayaran military, but his brittle bones betray him during the physical exam and shut the door in his face. Cut loose and stung, he leaves for Beta Colony with his bodyguard, and through a run of fast talk and faster improvisation finds himself the accidental commander of a mercenary fleet he never meant to raise. Lois McMaster Bujold launches her Vorkosigan saga on the engine that drives the whole series: a young man whose body limits him at every turn and whose mind refuses to accept any limit at all.
When was The Warrior Apprentice published?
The Warrior Apprentice was published in 1986.
Who made The Warrior Apprentice?
The Warrior Apprentice was written by Lois McMaster Bujold.
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A few thoughts on The Warrior Apprentice
The improvised-command energy here lands close to Firefly, where a captain also holds a crew together on bluff and loyalty rather than firepower. Mass Effect lets you build that same ragtag fleet across warring factions, and Cowboy Bebop shares the mix of bounty work, banter and buried heart that makes Miles's collection of misfits worth following anywhere.
Miles Vorkosigan's saga, from flight school to empire
The Warrior Apprentice launches Miles Vorkosigan from a failed physical exam into an accidental mercenary command, and these continue straight from there. The Vor Game follows him into his first real posting, Cetaganda drops him undercover in enemy territory, Borders of Infinity traps him inside a prison camp, Memory catches up with what all that fast talk finally costs, and Miles, Mystery & Mayhem rounds out the rest.
Scrappy space crews for the same found-family adventure
Miles Vorkosigan builds an entire mercenary fleet out of bluff and improvisation, and these follow crews assembled the same unlikely way. Firefly and Cowboy Bebop turn a ragtag ship into a found family, Mass Effect hands you a similarly patched-together squad, and Battle Beyond the Stars and Rebel Moon: A Child of Fire recruit mercenaries for one last desperate fight.
Military scifi about outsiders who have to prove themselves
Miles Vorkosigan is barred from his own military over a physical exam and has to build legitimacy from nothing, a setup these share. Honor Among Enemies and Star Corps follow soldiers working from the outside in, Foreign Legions gathers more stories set in Miles' own mercenary universe, and Expendable puts an underestimated recruit through the same kind of trial.