Vorkosigan Saga (Publication Order)
Cordelia’s Honor
Shards of Honour
Memory
Komarr
Miles in Love
A Civil Campaign
Diplomatic Immunity
CryoBurn
Captain Vorpatril’s Alliance
The Warrior’s Apprentice
Young Miles
Ethan of Athos
Falling Free
Brothers in Arms
Miles Errant
Vorkosigan’s Game: The Vor Game Borders of Infinity
Borders of Infinity
Labyrinth
The Vor Game
Barrayar
Mirror Dance
Cetaganda
More by Lois McMaster Bujold
In a land threatened by treacherous war and beset by demons, royal dowager Ista, released from the curse of madness and manipulated by an untrustworthy god, is plunged into a desperate struggle to preserve the endangered souls of a realm.
A man broken in body and spirit, Cazaril, has returned to the noble household he once served as page, and is named, to his great surprise, as the secretary-tutor to the beautiful, strong-willed sister of the impetuous boy who is next in line to rule.
It is an assignment Cazaril dreads, for it will ultimately lead him to the place he fears most, the royal court of Cardegoss, where the powerful enemies, who once placed him in chains, now occupy lofty positions. In addition to the traitorous intrigues of villains, Cazaril and the Royesse Iselle, are faced with a sinister curse that hangs like a sword over the entire blighted House of Chalion and all who stand in their circle. Only by employing the darkest, most forbidden of magics, can Cazaril hope to protect his royal charge—an act that will mark the loyal, damaged servant as a tool of the miraculous, and trap him, flesh and soul, in a maze of demonic paradox, damnation, and death.