The Warrior Apprentice

Recently, I started reading The Warrior Apprentice by Lois McMaster Bujold, the first book in the Vorkosigan Saga. A science fiction book, it starts out when Miles, a boy and future Count training to be a warrior apprentice, fails the physical part of his warrior apprenticeship and is more or less sent off to join his grandmother on the Beten colony. He also goes there with his bodyguard and more or less girlfriend . When they arrive, they go to his grandmother's, but on the way, Miles overhears a conversation about someone they are trying to get to come out of an old ship. Miles decides to see what he can to and ends up befriending the guy and helping him fly the ship, along with another outcast he meets and the two other characters who I mentioned earlier. They get a load of cargo and go off to another planet, but they have to pass through a blockade to get there. When they get to the blockade, all seems fine, but the inspection takes a turn for the worst, and they are forced to take over command of both ships and take the workers prisoner. This is about where I've gotten to so far, though I have read a lot more because they stay on the ship for awhile. Overall, the book is pretty well written, but it does lack humor in places where it could add a lot, but at the same time, the plot line is good enough that you do want to keep reading it. I would recommend this book especially for science fiction readers, but I think that almost everyone should at least try it out.