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Plot Summary of Brothers in Arms
"BROTHERS IN ARMS was published in 1989 and is part of the Miles Vorkosigan saga written by Lois McMaster Bujold.

Miles Vorkosigan, forced to stay on Earth in order to wait for his next mission, does have some trouble keeping his two identities, Admiral Naismith and Lord Vorkosigan, clearly separated. When a clone, identical to him, makes his appearance, Miles will have to deal with his hierarchy, with Captain Galeni's father - an ancient revolutionary - and with Elli Quinn he has fallen in love with.

A very good book of the Miles Vorkosigan serie."

Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Brothers in Arms
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Plot
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Romance Yes
Spying & Investigations Yes
What is main char. doing? - spying/espionage in enemy territorry - deposing an evil leader - unraveling a conspiracy
Political power play Yes
Political plotlets - preventing/managing clash/war between govts/kingdoms
Inner Struggle Yes
Plotlet: - fighting a personal illness/handicap
Story involving clones/duplicates? - bad clones/duplicates
Kind of alteration: - exotic/alien torture for major character
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Clones Yes
Human/magical couple? Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Age: - 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - missing body parts/abilities

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - accused criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Terrain - Domed/Underground City
Earth setting: - distant future
Spaceship setting: - futuristic human warship
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a significant amount of technical jargon
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only
How much dialogue? - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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