![]() ![]() E]normously satisfying."- Publishers Weekly. "Bujold mixes quirky humor with action and] superb character development. her deft and absorbing writing easily corrals the complex plot."- Publishers Weekly About Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga: "Fans have been clamoring for Hugo winner Bujold to pen a new Vorkosigan Saga novel. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping-something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and Miles is up to his neck in trouble and adventure once more. On Kibou-daini, Miles unearths a war of generations as the oldsters in charge refuse to die and their descendants threaten outright patricide, matricide and maybe even genocide-the prize being a big fat slice of the immortality pie. Cue Miles Vorkosigan, malformed royal troublemaker-but also heir and savior of empire. But now the Kibou-daini are attempting to franchise out their Fountain of Youth wares to the rest of the galaxy and the Barrayar Galactic Empire is none too pleased with the implications. ![]() All well and good, so long as they kept to themselves. Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Miles Vorkosigan, troubleshooter for the Barrayaran Galactic Empire, takes on the corrupt and dangerous ruling elite of a world where immortality is a commodity to be bought, sold and bartered for power. A New York Times hardcover bestseller, this is the long-awaited NEW installment in the hugely-popular, award-winning science fiction adventure series. ![]()
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