Description

Following her marriage to the infamous 'Butcher of Komarrwi, Lord Aral Vorkosigan, Captain Cordelia Naismith has become an outcast on her own world. Tired of infidelity and fight, she's prepared to subside to a peaceful life on Barrayar, interrupted only by the sporadic ceremonial performances needed of the Woman Vorkosigan. At-Least, which was the program,Using the demise of the emperor, Aral is becoming Regent for the child heir to the throne of Barrayar, hence creating him - and his family - a goal for malcontents and traitors. It requires but one lapse in the continuous, life-threatening sport of building interest for items to go very wrong.