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Shards of Honor, by Lois McMaster Bujold. Vorkosigan Saga #1. Re-read. I've only read the Vorkosigan books once before, so it's a pleasure to begin them again. Cordelia Naismith is the captain of a small survey ship from Beta Colony, a socially permissive, high-tech society on a harsh world. She finds herself marooned on a beautiful wild planet with Aral Vorkosigan, an honorable aristocrat from Barrayar, a planet that was cut off from humanity for a few centuries that regressed - imagine Tolstoy's Russia with some futuristic technology. They discover they make a good team, but there are all sorts of military and political complications that must be overcome before they can get together (not to mention that eventually Cordelia has to escape from Beta to avoid all the psychiatric treatment they intend to subject her to, as part of her need to recover from non-existent trauma). On to the next one!