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Violence
Some
Some violence in thriller elements
Language
Barely any
Mild language
Sexual Content
Barely any
Brief romantic content
Substance Use
None
No substance use
Emotional Intensity
Some
Identity crisis, the cost of deception, and finding meaning after the loss of a defining role
What this book is about
After a seizure causes Miles to make a career-ending mistake, he's forced out of his secret identity as Admiral Naismith and must face life as just Miles Vorkosigan — a crippled Barrayaran lord with nothing to prove himself. Bujold uses a political murder mystery as the scaffold for a deeper story about identity and what we owe to truth. Widely considered one of the series' finest.
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Political intrigue
Identity and career loss themes
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