www.baen.com/library/1011...250002.htm
Mountains of Mourning, by Lois McMaster Bujold. Early Vorkosigan story.
The Baen Free Library is your friend.
WARNING: Chapter 2 is a timeline of the Vorkosigan series that is pretty spoilery in a big-picture sort of way.
Also, from Wizard's Bane, by Rich Cook (same site).
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Moira laid her hand on his. "But either way, Sparrow," she said gravely, "if you are given a choice between the worst death you can imagine and falling alive into the hands of the League, do everything in your power to die."
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Mountains of Mourning, by Lois McMaster Bujold. Early Vorkosigan story.
The Baen Free Library is your friend.
WARNING: Chapter 2 is a timeline of the Vorkosigan series that is pretty spoilery in a big-picture sort of way.
Also, from Wizard's Bane, by Rich Cook (same site).
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Moira laid her hand on his. "But either way, Sparrow," she said gravely, "if you are given a choice between the worst death you can imagine and falling alive into the hands of the League, do everything in your power to die."
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