{"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\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Baen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781439133941\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.21lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.38h x 6.32w x 1.17d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Hugo Award - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Locus Awards - Nominee\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/06\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2010 pg. 54 - Very Good\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2010 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lois McMaster Bujold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42925012451509,"sku":"9781439133941","price":21.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_01a298be-05f5-4d5e-9746-83abf9d24f83.jpg?v=1687843610","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cryoburn-volume-13-with-cdrom-9781439133941","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}