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I read this as part of the omnibus edition Young Miles.

We return to Miles while he and Ivan are collecting their first duty assignments after graduating from the Imperial Security Academy. Miles yearns for ship duty. Ivan receives his orders staioning him in the ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 03 13:00:20 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 09:39:54 -0700 2009
I am coming to like and appreciate Miles, conflicts in h...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 12:39:52 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 09:56:55 -0800 2009 1
Th...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 09:10:43 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 00:47:49 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 12 08:53:07 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 11 07:09:31 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 04:25:59 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 04:47:42 -0700 2009 Miles is an interesting character who gets into major trouble wherever he goes. From being involved in a mutiny(?) at his first duty station, to losing and finding Emperor Gregor.
The other major characters are also well written, I especially...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 03:54:04 -0700 2007 Mon Sep 17 23:25:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 10:36:12 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 21 10:38:38 -0700 2009 Young Miles collection and thoroughly enjoyed it. more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun May 03 12:25:18 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 12:28:40 -0700 2009 3 4 0 false false Sun Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 02 18:37:27 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 18:40:21 -0800 2009 the Warrior's Apprentice. Read that one first.more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jul 25 23:17:39 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 07 21:00:04 -0700 2008 have to love a guy who is so often greeted by old acquaintances with, "YOU!!!"

Science fiction as a genre gets a great deal of criticism from me, and I think it ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 06 18:25:41 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 11 18:47:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Jul 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 14:01:26 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 31 06:33:22 -0700 2008
Cavilo and Metzov are interesting characters, and I did greatly enjoy getting a deeper insight into Gregor, but to my mind, this is inferior to Warrior's Apprentice on almost every mea...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 30 15:09:31 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 30 15:10:27 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 26 10:39:18 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 08:56:27 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 07:46:02 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 07:46:02 -0800 2008 3 0 false true Mon May 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 07:29:12 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 07:30:43 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jan 23 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 05:43:01 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 23 06:07:26 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Nov 26 14:18:13 -0800 2007 Mon Nov 26 14:30:34 -0800 2007
The deformity is obviously tacked on in an attempt to give the character some individuality. It didn't work for me. In fact the whole back just didn't work fo...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=68483