{"product_id":"cryoburn-with-cdrom-hardcover-1","title":"Cryoburn [With CDROM] - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLois McMaster Bujold\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Best-Selling Author. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\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\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eA science fiction and fantasy legend, \u003cb\u003eLois McMaster Bujold \u003c\/b\u003ehas won seven Hugo Awards and three Nebula Awards. Her Miles Vorkosigan saga is a massively popular science fiction mainstay. Her many \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestsellers include series entries \u003ci\u003eCryoburn, Diplomatic Immunity, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCaptain Vorpatril's Alliance\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2020, Ms. Bujold was named the 36th Damon Knight Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.17 x 9.38 x 6.32 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hugo Award (2011)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Locus Awards (2011)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47257734906105,"sku":"9781439133941","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/r2-1dPaBnd9781439133941_d7e02275-abc2-4ddc-9c0d-cc9d936ac2e3.webp?v=1768752707","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/cryoburn-with-cdrom-hardcover-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}