{"product_id":"cryoburn-volume-13-with-cdrom-9781439133941","title":"Cryoburn: Volume 13 [With CDROM]","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best-Selling Author. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Long-Awaited New Installment in the Popular and Award-Winning Vorkosigan Series. Starring the Explosively Charismatic Miles Vorkosigan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e Miles Vorkosigan is back!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. Barrayaran Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan can hardly disapprove--he's been cheating death his whole life, on the theory that turnabout is fair play. 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On Kibou-daini, Miles discovers generational conflict over money and resources is heating up, even as refugees displaced in time skew the meaning of \u003ci\u003egeneration\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eDon't mess with the secretary\u003c\/i\u003e. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping--something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and it isn't due to power outages in the Cryocombs. And Miles is in the middle--of trouble! \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Fresh, intriguing, and, as always with Lois McMaster Bujold, superb.\" --\u003cb\u003eRobert Jordan\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"It is such a delight to read something by such a good writer, who now seems to be writing at the height of her powers. . . . I really have seldom enjoyed a book so much . . . I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.\" --\u003cb\u003eDiana Wynne Jones\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Living breathing characters who inhabit unusual yet believable worlds.\" --\u003cb\u003eJean Auel\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bujold successfully mixes quirky humor with just enough action, a dab of feminist social commentary and her usual superb character development . . . enormously satisfying.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"One of sf's outstanding talents . . . an outstanding series.\" --\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Excellently done . . . Bujold has always excelled at creating forceful characters and she does it here again.\" --\u003ci\u003eDenver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Post\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\". . . an intelligent, well-crafted and thoroughly satisfying blend of adventure, sociopolitical commentary, scientific experiments, and occasional perils . . . with that extra spicing of romance. . . .\" --\u003ci\u003eLocus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA science fiction and fantasy legend, \u003cb\u003eLois McMaster Bujold \u003c\/b\u003ehas won seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. Her Miles Vorkosigan saga is a massively popular science fiction mainstay. Her many \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers include series entries \u003ci\u003eCryoburn, Diplomatic Immunity, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCaptain Vorpatril's Alliance\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2020, Ms. Bujold was named the 36th Damon Knight Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Baen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911298945298,"sku":"9781439133941","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7faf9c3d-84d6-4b7c-84d5-14146df93c81.jpg?v=1738736425","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/cryoburn-volume-13-with-cdrom-9781439133941","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}