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Cryoburn

Lois McMaster Bujold

Published 2010 by Baen Books · 352 pages

Hugo · 2011

Finalist
Science Fiction

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16 award entries · 11 books · 6 wins · 1989–2013

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Synopsis

Imperial Auditor Miles Vorkosigan investigates a cryonics corporation on the planet Kibou-daini, where the frozen dead outnumber the living and their proxy votes threaten to subvert democracy. A mystery that grows personal when Miles confronts the implications of immortality for his own family.

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Details

Series
Vorkosigan Saga · Book 14
Author nationality
United States
ISBN
9781439133941