Cordelia’s Honor by Lois McMaster BujoldRead about another entry on the list.
The omnibus edition containing the first two novels (chronologically speaking) in the Vorkosigan saga, Cordelia’s Honor tells the story of Cordelia Naismith, Betan captain who finds her fate entangled with that of Lord Aral Vorkosigan. We love Miles Vorkosigan with the force of a thousand supernovas, but Cordelia’s prequels are equally amazing (if lacking a little bit of the polish of the later Miles books).
--Marshal Zeringue