There is a lot going on in this book, emotionally and physically, with Miles. As always, there are features of this book that move along character and series development, such as Kung’s retiring and his parting remarks, and Miles’ marriage proposal to Quinn. All of the plot lines are woven together and knot to an excellent finish. The chaos is characteristic of Miles, however, and is handled well, Bujold-style. This is a startlingly action-packed book. On top of that, the Dendarii need money–badly, and Miles is stuck as Lord Vorkosigan, while his chores as Admiral Naismith pile up and his clone runs around his ships as him. The shaky status of Komarrans (as a conquered people) in the Barrayaran military leads to doubts of loyalty abound. Miles and his cousin Ivan become involved in stopping a Komarran scheme invented by a loyal officer’s father and executed in part by Miles’ clone, Mark Pierre. Following the Dragoola IV break-out of “Borders of Infinity”, the Dendarii Mercs are fleeing the Cetagandans, and limp their way to Earth.
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