
Miles Vorkosigan investigates corruption on a planet where cryonics and immortality fuel political power struggles.
Miles Vorkosigan investigates corruption on a planet where cryonics and immortality fuel political power struggles.
A New York Times hardcover bestseller, this is the long-awaited NEW installment in the hugely-popular, award-winning science fiction adventure series. 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. Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. All well and good, so long as they kept to themselves. But now the Kibou-daini are attempti...
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Romantic subplot between secondary characters.
Kidnappings, conspiracy, and threats of generational violence.
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No religious themes present
No magic or witchcraft present
No occult or demonology content present
Central focus on political corruption and immortality ethics.
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Child POV character; mother disappeared; kidnapping themes.
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The end felt a bit truncated, but the events at the end do feel that way in real life.