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A rich merchant fleet has been impounded at Graf Station in distant Quaddiespace and Lord Miles Vorkosigan, a special high-level troubleshooter on the Emperor's taskforce, is called to investigate. At Graf Station, Miles is soon caught in a web of racial tensions, tangled loyalties, and mynerious disappearances, all leading to the discovery of an explosive secret with galaxy-wide implications.

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A Comedy of Terrors A rich Komarran merchant fleet has been impounded at Graf Station, in distant Quaddiespace, after a bloody incident on the station docks involving a security officer from the convoy's Barrayaran military escort. Lord Miles Vorkosigan of Barrayar and his wife, Lady Ekaterin, have other things on their mind, such as getting home in time to attend the long-awaited births of their first children. But when duty calls in the voice of Barrayar's Emperor Gregor, Miles, Gregor's youngest Imperial Auditor (a special high-level troubleshooter) has no choice but to answer. Waiting on Graf Station are diplomatic snarls, tangled loyalties, old friends, new enemies, racial tensions, lies and deceptions, mysterious disappearances, and a lethal secret with wider consequences than even Miles anticipates: a race with time for life against death in horrifying new forms. The downside of being a troubleshooter comes when trouble starts shooting back ...

Author Biography

One of the most respected writers in the field of specul One of the most respected writers in the field of specul One of the most respected writers in the field of specul One of the most respected writers in the field of speculative fiction, Lois McMaster Bujold burst onto the scene in ative fiction, Lois McMaster Bujold burst onto the scene in ative fiction, Lois McMaster Bujold burst onto the scene in ative fiction, Lois McMaster Bujold burst onto the scene in 1986 with "Shards of Honor", the first of her tremendously p1986 with "Shards of Honor", the first of her tremendously p198

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"Each addition to the Vorkosigan mystique solidifies Ms. Bujold's niche in SF."

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