Thank goodness

Sorry for missing yesterday's post. I wasn't feeling well and went home in the afternoon. Better now.

Nothing on TV tonight. I'm still in the first season of Bloodline.

The brother Danny is just an evil person.


Currently also reading THE WARRIOR'S APPRENTICE by Lois McMaster Bujold. 4th of 17 in series in the Vorkosigan Saga. SFF.

Miles Vorkosigan flunks out of the Barrayaran military academy after breaking both legs, brittle bones being one of the legacies of a gas attack on his mother while he was still in her womb. With his bodyguard Bothari and Bothari's daughter Elena, he goes to Beta Colony to visit his grandmother. There, he buys (using worthless radioactive land as collateral) an obsolete freighter to help its beleaguered pilot. In order to relieve the great strain on his finances, he undertakes to smuggle weapons through a blockade, maintained by the Oseran Mercenaries, to the losing side of an interplanetary war. By a combination of fast talking, skill and luck, Miles captures one of the blockading mercenary ships, convinces the crew that he is the leader of the secretive (and entirely fictitious) Dendarii Mercenaries and recruits them. He proceeds to capture first a valuable mining facility, then a second, more powerful warship. Eventually, he undermines the relationship between the Oseran Mercenaries and their employers. In the end, he emerges triumphant as the commander of all of the mercenary ships, bringing the Dendarii into existence.

Published 1986; 315 pages. This is actually a re-read for me but it was many years ago. I'm in the mood for a space opera and Miles is one the best characters ever invented.

Have a good day.

Much love,
PK the Bookeemonster