![]() ![]() 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 rewrite her own tale, and a mysterious crone who is the very embodiment of the warning "Don't mess with the secretary." Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping-something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and it isn't due to power outages in the Cryocombs. 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. But when a Kibou-daini cryocorp-an immortal company whose job it is to shepherd its all-too-mortal frozen patrons into an unknown future-attempts to expand its franchise into the Barrayaran Empire, Emperor Gregor dispatches his top troubleshooter, Miles, to check it out. Cryoburn In this most recent installment of the Vorkosigan Saga, Miles finds himself on Kibou-daini, a planet with a highly unique political organization. ![]() Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprove-he's been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play. Momentary contact with a small amount of the liquid may not pose as great a danger of a burn because a protective vapor film may form. Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. First-Aid Procedures for Cryogenic-Induced Injuries Direct physical contact with liquid hydrogen, cold vapor, or cold equipment can cause serious tissue damage. ![]()
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