Only five days after arriving on Kibou-daini for a cryonics conference,interplanetary diplomat Miles Vorkosigan narrowly escapes kidnapping. Drugged,dazed, and alone, he is taken in by Jin Sato, whose mother was the leader of acryonics reform movement until being declared mentally ill and involuntarilyfrozen. Now, Jin lives in a building full of squatters running an illegalcryonics clinic. Under imperial orders to investigate the shady dealings of thecryo cartels, Miles connects the far-flung pieces and exposes a sneakyplot.
