Young Miles

The Warrior's Apprentice 1 The Mountains of Mourning 373 The Vor Game 465 Author's Afterword 829 Miles is son of Barrayar Prime Minister Aral Vorkosigan. Rebels poison affected his pregnant mother Cordelia née Naismith, left Miles with fragile bones. His height will stay around five feet for life, despite painful operations. Childhood playmate Elena is his secret crush, and daughter of his bodyguard Bothari. The Warrior's Apprentice 1 Miles 17 breaks both legs and washes out of military school. In four months he accidentally creates boastful persona of Admiral Naismith, forges 19 ships into fiercely loyal Dendarii mercenary fleet, foils plot against his father, and returns to the Academy. The Mountains of Mourning 373 Ensign Miles 20 graduates, solves murder of newborn ostracized for cleft palate in backwards mountain village of father's peasants. The Vor Game 465 The Vor noble class has restrictive rules that brand Miles 20s as treasonous traitor set for death. Miles returns to Dendarii fleet, finds Emperor also captured as prisoner. His discovery of Elena's mother is not a happy reunion.