On Kibou-daini, Miles discovers generational conflict over money and resources is heating up, even as refugees displaced in time skew the meaning of 'generation' past repair.

But when a Kibou-daini cryocorp-an immortal company whose job it is to shepherd its all-too-mortal frozen patrons into an unknown future-attempts to expand its franchise into the Barrayaran Empire, Emperor Gregor dispatches his top troubleshooter, Miles, to check it out. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprove-he's been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play. with that extra spicing of romance.Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. an intelligent, well-crafted and thoroughly satisfying blend of adventure, sociopolitical commentary, scientific experiments, and occasional perils. Bujold has always excelled at creating forceful characters and she does it here again.” - Denver Post enormously satisfying.” - Publishers Weekly “Bujold successfully mixes quirky humor with just enough action, a dab of feminist social commentary and her usual superb character development. “Living breathing characters who inhabit unusual yet believable worlds.” -Jean Auel I couldn’t turn the pages fast enough.” -Diana Wynne Jones I really have seldom enjoyed a book so much. “It is such a delight to read something by such a good writer, who now seems to be writing at the height of her powers. And Miles is in the middle-of trouble!Īt the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).“Fresh, intriguing, and, as always with Lois McMaster Bujold, superb.” -Robert Jordan Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping-something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and it isn’t due to power outages in the Cryocombs. Here he finds a young boy with a passion for pets and a dangerous secret, a Snow White trapped in an icy coffin who burns to re-write her own tale, and a mysterious crone who is the very embodiment of the warning Don’t mess with the secretary.

On Kibou-daini, Miles discovers generational conflict over money and resources is heating up, even as refugees displaced in time skew the meaning of generation past repair. But when a Kibou-daini cryocorp-an immortal company whose job it is to shepherd its all-too-mortal frozen patrons into an unknown future-attempts to expand its franchise into the Barrayaran Empire, Emperor Gregor dispatches his top troubleshooter Miles to check it out. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprove-he’s been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play. Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death.

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