<i >THE LONG-AWAITED RETURN OF MILES VORKOSIGAN! </i><P>&ldquo;Fresh, intriguing, and, as always with Lois McMaster Bujold, superb.&rdquo; &#151;<B>Robert Jordan</B><P>&nbsp;<P>&ldquo;It is such a delight to read something by such a good writer, who now seems to be writing at the height of her powers. . . . I really have seldom enjoyed a book so much . . . I couldn't turn the pages fast enough.&rdquo; &#151;<B>Diana Wynne Jones</B><P>&nbsp;<P>&ldquo;Living breathing characters who inhabit unusual yet believable worlds.&rdquo; &#151;<B>Jean Auel</B><P>&nbsp;<P>&ldquo;Bujold successfully mixes quirky humor with just enough action, a dab of feminist social commentary and her usual superb character development . . . enormously satisfying.&rdquo; &#151;<i >Publishers Weekly</i>&nbsp; <P>&nbsp;<P>&ldquo;One of sf's outstanding talents . . . an outstanding series.&rdquo; &#151;<i >Booklist</i><P>&nbsp;<P>&ldquo;Excellently done . . . Bujold has always excelled at creating forceful characters and she does it here again.&rdquo; &#151;<st1:place ><st1:city ><i >Denver</i></st1:City></st1:place><i > Post</i><P>&nbsp;<P>&ldquo;. . . an intelligent, well-crafted and thoroughly satisfying blend of adventure, sociopolitical commentary, scientific experiments, and occasional perils . . . with that extra spicing of romance. . . .&rdquo; &#151;<i >Locus</i>