"And what goes on in the head of a walking dead man? Miles wondered. What personal failure could he possibly fear more than death itself?"
About Lois McMaster Bujold
Lois McMaster Bujold is an American speculative fiction writer. She has won the Hugo Award for best novel four times, matching Robert A. Heinlein's record. Bujold is best known for her Vorkosigan Saga, a series of science fiction novels featuring Miles Vorkosigan, a physically impaired interstellar spy and mercenary admiral from the planet Barrayar, set approximately 1000 years in the future. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association named her its 36th SFWA Grand Master in 2019.
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