Shards of Honor and Barrayar concern Miles ' parents, while " Dreamweaver ’ s Dilemma " concerns a distant ancestor of Cordelia Naismith, Ethan of Athos involves a few minor characters from other Vorkosigan novels, and Falling Free does not involve Miles or any of his family, though in a later novel, Miles encounters the descendants of the characters from Falling Free.

At this point, they ( along with nearly everyone else ) are unaware that Naismith and Miles Vorkosigan are one and the same.

** Miles Vorkosigan / Naismith: His Life And Times – timeline

In the first case, they are mercenaries employed by the young Miles as he invents his alter ego, Admiral Miles Naismith.

The novel Brothers in Arms, which also introduces Miles ' clone brother Mark, has Miles, as Admiral Naismith, trying to repair his mercenary fleet's ships while avoiding revenge hits from the Cetagandans for a recent mission against them.

Using his clone brother as a double, Miles is able to persuade the Cetagandans that Miles Vorkosigan and Admiral Naismith are not the same person, preserving the Vorkosigan identity as a place for him to hide between missions.

In A Civil Campaign he travels to Barrayar with haut Pel for Emperor Gregor's wedding carrying a message for Miles Vorkosigan regretting the passing of Admiral Naismith, in effect letting Miles know that the Cetagandans have seen through all of Miles's misdirections and deduced that he and Naismith are the same person.

The point of view characters include women ( Cordelia in Shards of Honor, Barrayar ; Ekaterin in Komarr and A Civil Campaign ), a gay man ( Ethan of Athos ), and a pair of brothers, one of whom is disabled and the other a clone ( Miles and Mark Vorkosigan ).

The society of Miles Vorkosigan ’ s lifetime is almost paperless.

By the time Miles Vorkosigan is 20, in The Vor Game, Beta Colony has begun to develop garments which protect the wearer from nerve disruptors.

Bujold devised for this planet a history which allowed for “ swords ‘ n ’ spaceships .” Barrayar in the lifetime of Miles Vorkosigan commands spaceships, computers, and other high technology, but its culture remembers dueling, examines newborns for defects and practices infanticide if any are found, celebrates the Emperor ’ s birthday by handing him bags of gold, and provides liveried life-sworn servants to carry love-letters sealed with the writer's blood.

Despite a significant technological advantage, the Cetagandans are finally driven off at great cost after many years of occupation and guerrilla warfare, in large part due to the leadership of General Count Piotr Vorkosigan, Miles ' paternal grandfather.

200 years before the birth of Miles Vorkosigan, engineer Leo Graf encounters the Quaddies, who are genetically engineered to have an extra pair of arms instead of legs.

While Cordelia Vorkosigan is pregnant with Miles, an attempted assassination severely injures her unborn child.

Miles has just graduated from the Imperial Academy, and is at home at Vorkosigan Surleau with his parents.

Out of curiosity, newly minted Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan volunteers to observe Imperial Auditor Professor Vorthys's investigation of a serious orbital station accident on Komarr.

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* Lois McMaster Bujold's Miles Vorkosigan novels

However, examples of successful such pairings include Inspector Morse and his sidekick DS Robbie Lewis, Nero Wolfe and his sidekick Archie Goodwin, Hiro Nakamura and his sidekick Ando Masahashi, and Miles Vorkosigan and his sidekick cousin Ivan Vorpatril.

It is an unusual item in the series in that it does not feature Miles Vorkosigan, the protagonist of almost all the other books.

Alternatively, it may be an indirect tribute to the actor Oliver Reed, whom Bujold is known to admire ( she has cited him as a model for Miles ' father Aral Vorkosigan ); Reed played the role of Athos in the 1973 film version of The Three Musketeers.

* Miles Vorkosigan – Aral Vorkosigan's son and the main character of most of the series

* Piotr Vorkosigan – Father of Aral, grandfather to Miles.

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She explains the origin of mankind within the story to the game's main protagonist, Desmond Miles, through his ancestor, Ezio Auditore.

In April 2004, the premise of the film was described as having Hasselhoff reprise his role as Michael Knight, though he would be an elder statesman who would serve as a mentor to the protagonist in the same way that Devon Miles mentored Knight in the TV series.

It follows the protagonist team of Sonic the Hedgehog, Knuckles the Echidna, and Miles " Tails " Prower and the antagonist team of Doctor Eggman, Shadow the Hedgehog, and Rouge the Bat and their attempt to work together in order to save the world from destruction.

Miles Coverdale: The story's protagonist and narrator, Coverdale is a simple observer of the activities of the Blithedale farm.

Miles Breuer wrote a story, now considered a classic, titled " The Gostak and the Doshes " whose protagonist pops into an alternate world in which the phrase is a political slogan that induces sufficient umbrage throughout the populace to declare justified, righteous war.

Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz, hard bop, modal jazz, and jazz fusion.

The most important Prestige recordings of this period ( Dig, Blue Haze, Bags ' Groove, Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants, and Walkin ') originated mostly from recording sessions in 1951 and 1954, after Davis ' recovery from his addiction.

Paul Atreides is a Mentat duke ( and later emperor ) in Dune, and in Heretics of Dune ( 1984 ) and Chapterhouse: Dune ( 1985 ), Miles Teg is a Mentat bashar ( or general ) and the most formidable military commander in the known universe.

Seventeen-years-old Miles breaks both legs during a run over an obstacle course, ruining his chances of qualifying for the Barrayaran Service Academy and a military career, the dream of most Barrayaran males.

One of her most recent successes was a supporting role in the television film Empire Falls as Grace Roby, mother of Ed Harris's character Miles Roby.

Miles of Gloucester, one of the most talented Angevin commanders, had died whilst hunting over the previous Christmas, relieving some of the pressure in the west.

The most popular floppy disk systems ( except in East Europe ) were the DISCiPLE and + D systems released by Miles Gordon Technology in 1987 and 1988 respectively.

Widely regarded as one of the most important and influential jazz drummers to come to prominence in the 1960s, Williams first gained fame in the band of trumpeter Miles Davis, and was a pioneer of jazz fusion.

After his appearance as Miles Hendon in The Prince and the Pauper ( 1937 ), he was cast in his most celebrated role as Robin Hood in The Adventures of Robin Hood ( 1938 ), his first film in Technicolor.

In 1954, Monk participated in a Christmas Eve session which produced most of the albums Bags ' Groove and Miles Davis and the Modern Jazz Giants by Miles Davis.

Though Miles ' work is closely associated with Blue Note, and has earned iconic status and frequent homage, Miles was only a casual jazz fan, according to Richard Cook ; Blue Note gave him several copies of each of the many dozens of albums he designed, but Miles gave most to friends or sold them to second-hand record shops.

* Miles O ' Keeffe Television and film actor most well known for starring in the 1981 film Tarzan, the Ape Man and the Ator movies.

One of Matilda's most loyal followers was Brian Fitz Count, like Miles a marcher lord from Wales.

Miles of Gloucester, one of the most talented Angevin commanders, had died whilst hunting over the previous Christmas, relieving some of the pressure in the west.

Dave Liebman a NEA 2011 Jazz master is a perfect example of a forward-thinking player whose advanced style and association with Miles Davis makes him one of the most influential jazz musicians of his era.

This version of Rollins Band had some of the most overt jazz leanings of the band's history: Gibbs had begun his career with the jazz fusion group of drummer Ronald Shannon Jackson, and worked with Sonny Sharrock on albums like 1987's Seize The Rainbow, which along with Rollins ' obsession with the late ' 60s / early ' 70s era of iconic trumpeter Miles Davis, shaped this version of the band's music.

These assets include existing designs, tools and jigs, most notably for the Miles M. 52 supersonic research aircraft, and the Miles Reading site at Woodley.

The season ended with 6 Toronto Argonauts ( Adrion Smith, Noel Prefontaine, Tony Miles, Eric England, Clifford Ivory, Orlando Steinauer ) being named to the CFL All-Star Team — the most of any CFL team.

Unlike most Air Miles merchants, Sobeys and Lawtons accumulates a person's total purchases from one Sunday to the next, then reward based on the total, rather than individual transactions.