Kindle Edition, 352 pages

English language

Published May 15, 2011 by Spectrum Literary Agency, Inc..

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Soon after Miles Vorkosigan arrives on planet Kibou-daini to investigate interplanetary scams by its cryogenics corporation, he is kidnapped and drugged, and barely escapes. Aided by a boy whose mother was forcibly frozen by agents of the powerful cryogenics industry, Miles must unravel several complex, ruthless schemes.

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Cryoburn

This is the final Miles-centric book for the series. One of the best parts of this book is that we get so much of Armsman Roic's wry point of view of the shenanigans.

To me, this one is weakened by trying to hearken back to the mode of adventure investigation Miles. Diplomatic Immunity works for me because it's sandwiched between two romantic comedies, involves Ekaterin, ties together a number of elements, and crucially ends with a "we really can't keep doing this anymore" moment for Bel and Miles. So, it's a little weird that he does, in fact, keep doing this. This book is set on a new Japan-esque planet that we have not heard of previously and involves mostly new characters; it largely feels like a one-off than a series capstone.

I think there are a lot of good components to this book that don't all gel …

Review of 'Cryoburn' on 'Goodreads'

Ah, le plaisir de retrouver le petit Lord Vorkosigan !
Personnellement, je ne m'en lasse jamais.
Encore moins quand le roman commence, comme c'est le cas ici, avec un Miles dépenaillé, errant dans le labyrinthe d'un immense centre de cryothérapie ... autrement dit (c'est l'auteur qui l'écrit) une cryocombe. Le mot est explicite.
Et la découverte de cette planète hantée par la mort au point de vouloir cryogéniser tout le monde a un côté un peu glaçant, surtout quand on découvre le système politique qui a émergé de cette société : les cryogénisés n'étant pas morts, leurs droits de votes sont remis par procuration aux entreprises leur fournissant la cryogénie. Et du coup, évidement, ces entreprises ont, de fait, le contrôle de la démocratie locale.
Et c'est pour ça, et d'autres raisons moins avouables, que Miles a été envoyé, dans son rôle d'auditeur impérial, se promener sur cette planète assez …

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