Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen

A NEW NOVEL IN THE AWARD WINNING VORKOSIGAN SAGA. A New York Timesbestseller in hardcover. Cordelia Naismith Vorkosigan returns to the planetthat changed her destiny.FUTURE TENSEThree years after herfamous husband’s death, Cordelia Vorkosigan, widowed Vicereine of Sergyar,stands ready to spin her life in a new direction. Oliver Jole, Admiral of theSergyar Fleet, finds himself caught up in her web of plans in ways he’dnever imagined, bringing him to an unexpected crossroads in hiscareer.Meanwhile, Miles Vorkosigan, one of Emperor Gregor’s keyinvestigators, this time dispatches himself on a mission of inquiry, into amystery he never anticipated—his own mother.Plans, wills, andexpectations collide in this sparkling science fiction social comedy, as theimpact of galactic technology on the range of the possible changes all the oldrules, and Miles learns that not only is the future not what he expects, neitheris the past.