Cryoburn - Lois McMaster Bujold [144]
Cordelia Naismith meets Lord Aral Vorkosigan while on opposite sides of a war. Despite difficulties, they fall in love and are married.
Shards of Honor
The Vordarian
Pretendership
While Cordelia is pregnant, an
attempt to assassinate Aral by poison gas fails, but Cordelia is affected; Miles Vorkosigan is born with bones that will always be brittle and other medical problems. His growth will be stunted.
Barrayar
Miles is 17
Miles fails to pass physical test to get into the Service Academy. On a trip, necessities force him to improvise the Free Dendarii Mercenaries into existence; he has unintended but unavoidable adventures for four months. Leaves the Dendarii in Ky Tung's competent hands and takes Elli Quinn to Beta for rebuilding of her damaged face; returns to Barrayar to thwart plot against his father. Emperor pulls strings to get Miles into the Academy.
The Warrior's Apprentice
Miles is 20
Ensign Miles graduates and immediately has to take on one of the duties of the Barrayaran nobility and act as detective and judge in a murder case. Shortly afterwards, his first military assignment ends with his arrest. Miles has to rejoin the Dendarii to rescue the young Barrayaran emperor. Emperor accepts Dendarii as his personal secret service force.
"The Mountains of Mourning" in Borders of Infinity
The Vor Game
Miles is 22
Miles and his cousin Ivan attend a Cetagandan state funeral and are caught up in Cetagandan internal politics.
Cetaganda
Miles sends Commander Elli Quinn, who's been given a new face on Beta, on a solo mission to Kline Station.
Ethan of Athos
Miles is 23
Now a Barrayaran Lieutenant, Miles goes with the Dendarii to smuggle a scientist out of Jackson's Whole. Miles's fragile leg bones have been replaced by synthetics.
"Labyrinth" in Borders of Infinity
Miles is 24
Miles plots from within a Cetagandan prison camp on Dagoola IV to free the prisoners. The Dendarii fleet is pursued by the Cetagandans and finally reaches Earth for repairs. Miles has to juggle both his identities at once, raise money for repairs, and defeat a plot to replace him with a double. Ky Tung stays on Earth. Commander Elli Quinn is now Miles's right-hand officer. Miles and the Dendarii depart for Sector IV on a rescue mission.
"The Borders of Infinity" in Borders of Infinity
Brothers in Arms
Miles is 25
Hospitalized after previous mission, Miles's broken arms are replaced by synthetic bones. With Simon Illyan, Miles undoes yet another plot against his father while flat on his back.
Borders of Infinity
Miles is 28
Miles meets his clone brother Mark again, this time on Jackson's Whole.
Mirror Dance
Miles is 29
Miles hits thirty; thirty hits back.
Memory
Miles is 30
Emperor Gregor dispatches Miles to Komarr to investigate a space accident, where he finds old politics and new technology make a deadly mix.
Komarr
The Emperor's wedding sparks romance and intrigue on Barrayar, and Miles plunges up to his neck in both.
A Civil Campaign
Miles is 31
Armsman Rois and Sergeant Taura defeat a plot to unhinge Miles and Ekaterin's midwinter wedding.
"Winterfair Gifts" in Irresistible Forces
Miles is 32
Miles and Ekaterin's honeymoon journey is interrupted by an Auditorial mission to Quaddiespace, where they encounter old friends, new enemies, and a double handful of intrigue.
Diplomatic Immunity
Miles is 39
Miles and Roic go to Kibou-daini.
Cryoburn
Table of Contents
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty