2017-08-02

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2017-08-02 06:34 am
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2017/66: Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen -- Lois McMaster Bujold

2017/66: Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen -- Lois McMaster Bujold
"So, how long has my mother had this questionable fetish for bisexual Barrayaran admirals? I don’t think even the Betans have earrings for that one." [loc. 4825]


Three years have passed since the death of Aral Vorkosigan. His wife Cordelia, being Cordelia, has not resigned herself to a faded life of mourning: she is Vicereine of Sergyar (the planet where the two first met, back in Shards of Honour) and is pursuing a number of projects. One of these involves Admiral Oliver Jole, who has appeared -- fleetingly -- as Aral Vorkosigan's aide in several previous novels,mildly spoilery for premise of novel )