CryoBurn
of Lois McMaster Bujold (Goodreads Author)
Series: Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order) #14
Description
Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapproveâheâs been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play. But when a Kibou-daini cryocorpâan immortal company whose job it is to shepherd its all-too-mortal frozen patrons into an unknown futureâattempts to expand its franchise into the Barrayaran Empire, Emperor Gregor dispatches his top troubleshooter Miles to check it out.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. 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 Donât mess with the secretary. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnappingâsomething is rotten on Kibou-daini, and it isnât due to power outages in the Cryocombs. And Miles is in the middleâof trouble!
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 345 pages
- Publisher Baen
- Publication Date October 19th 2010
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9781439133941
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
- Scenario ['Kibou-daini']
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