Booklog 50/2022: Lois McMaster Bujold: Winterfair Gifts – Vorkosigan

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Audiobook, read by Grover Gardner.

In A Civil Campaign Miles won Ekaterin's heart and this is the novella of the wedding, set at mid winter in the snow. It's told from the point of view of Armsman Roic Miles new man - a cross between a bodyguard, valet and carer. Roic has never been offworld, so a string of offworld wedding guests comes as quite a shock, especially the eight feet tall Sergeant Taura, genetically engineered super-soldier, with claws long enough to tear a man's throat out. When Ekaterin falls ill, it's Taura and Roic who discover the plot to poison her. Though this is a slight, novella-length story it contains a good mystery and brings together all Miles friends and comrades from Barrayar and from the Dendarii Mercenaries. It more-or-less rounds off Taura's story arc very nicely and introduces Roic who will be with Miles for future adventures.