Not as much fun as Young Miles, perhaps, but still worth the reread.
Miles and Ivan are sent as envoys to the funerary festivities honoring the Cetagandan Empress. The Cetagandans are extremely aggressive and long- time enemies of Barrayar, the history of their hostilities going back generations.
Although highly advanced technologically, the Cetagandans are virtually the direct opposite of the rational and egalitarian Betans. The castes of the world define their society and their castes are defined by a program of genetic engineering. Needless to say, a power struggle in this setting is quite complex.
Miles and Ivan are set up to be patsies in a scheme to throw the Cetagandan Empire and the Barrayaran Empire into a war and allow the conspirators to take over the breeding system which would give them ultimate control. Unfortunately for their plans, Miles, as usual, simply refuses to play the part that was scripted for him.
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