Komarr

Accident orTreachery? Komarr could be a garden-with a thousandmore years work. or an uninhabitable wasteland, if the terraforming fails. Nowthe solar mirror vital to the terraforming of the conquered planet has beenshattered by a ship hurtling off course. The Emperor of Barrayar sends hisnewest Imperial Auditor, Lord Miles Vorkosigan, to find outwhy. The choice is not a popular one on Komarr,where a betrayal a generation before drenched the name of Vorkosigan in blood.In the political and physical claustrophobia of the domed cities, are theKomarrans surrounding Miles loyal subjects, potential hostages, innocentvictims, or rebels bidding for revenge? Lieswithin lies, treachery within treachery-Miles is caught in a race against timeto stop a plot that could exile him from Barrayar forever. His burning hope liesin an unexpected ally, one with wounds as deep and honor as beleaguered as hisown.