Synopses & Reviews
Description Diplomat, soldier, spy--Lieutenant Lord Miles Naismith Vorkosigan of the Barrayaran Empire, a.k.a. Admiral Naismith of the Dendarii Free Mercenaries, is a young man of many parts. Sent to play a diplomatic role on the capital world of Barrayar's old enemy, Miles finds murder, deceit, and Cetagandan internal politics at its deadliest; and also finds Cetagandan biological secrets to be very complicated indeed. Commander Elli Quinn, sent by Miles on the trail of those secrets, meets Dr. Ethan Urquhart, obstetrician from a planet forbidden to women, who is on a quest at cross-purposes to Elli's mission--or is he? And, on a Dendarii sortie to the lawless planet of Jackson's Whole, Miles meets a genetically altered super-soldier, and his routine rescue strike becomes very complicated. . . .