Brothers in Arms

I became a Bujold fan on reading her fantasy stories set in the World of the Five Gods, and I'm catching up only slowly with the Vorkosigan Saga, which suits me less well on the whole, although I do like some parts of it.On first reading, I found this book readable and gripping, although it's part of Miles's military career, which I like less than his later civilian career. It also introduces his clone Mark, a tormented and difficult character, because of his unfortunate upbringing.Its main value to me is as background history to some of the later books ([b:A Civil Campaign 12779339 A Civil Campaign (Vorkosigan Saga, #12) Lois McMaster Bujold https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1446998868l/12779339.SY75.jpg 1093445] in particular), which I've already read and which I like better.