Lois McMaster Bujold. Cetaganda. 1995. Translation: Alexander Balabchenkov. Miles Vorkosigan - the son of a high-ranking dignitary at the court of the emperor of the planet Barrayar - is one of the most famous heroes of American fiction of the 80-90s. Millions of readers around the world follow his adventures. In the new novel by L.M. Bujold, as an official representative of Barrayar, he goes to Cetaganda to attend a ceremony marking the funeral of the empress. And of course, he immediately finds himself drawn into interplanetary palace intrigues, and at the highest level...