Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. When a Kibou-daini cryocorp--a company whose job it is to lead its frozen patrons into an unknown future--attempts to expand its franchise, Miles Vorkosigan is sent to investigate. There Miles discovers that generational conflict over money and resources is heating up and meets a boy with a passion for pets and a dangerous secret, a Snow White trapped in an icy coffin who burns to rewrite her own tale, and a mysterious crone who embodies the warning "Don't mess with the secretary." Less
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