Ahoy there me mateys!  In 2021 the First Mate gave me a treasure trove of the entire Vorkosigan Saga.  I have finally begun exploring this world.  After much internal debate, I decided to read the series in publishing order . . . well mostly. 

falling free (read 2nd)

No Miles in this one either.  I found out this takes place 200 years before the Cordelia story and does not share settings or characters with the rest of the series.  It did win the Nebula award for best novel in 1988.  This follows engineer Leo Graf who works for a corporation and is sent on an assignment.  Turns out his students are genetically engineered humans with two sets of arms and no legs i.e. quaddies.  Parts of the story were really fun and I did enjoy Leo as a character.  The major problem was that quaddies were bred to be naïve and let humans dictate everything for them.  This made me uncomfortable.  And also how the females were abused sexually also made me uncomfortable.  The bad guy was a ridiculous super villain.  The feats of engineering needed to survive were over the top.  But I did enjoy this much better than the previous book. Arrrr!