Kibou-daini is a planet obsessed with cheating death. All well and good, so long as they kept to themselves.  But now the Kibou-daini are attempting to franchise out their Fountain of Youth wares to the rest of the galaxy and the Barrayar  Galactic Empire is none too pleased with the implications.  <P>Cue Miles Vorkosigan, malformed royal troublemaker—but also heir and savior of empire. On Kibou-daini, Miles unearths a war of generations as the oldsters in charge <I>refuse to die</i> and their descendants threaten outright patricide, matricide and maybe even genocide—the prize being a big fat slice of the immortality pie.  Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping–something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and Miles is up to his neck in trouble and adventure once more.<P><b>About <I>Cryoburn</i>:</b><P>“Fans have been clamoring for Hugo winner Bujold to pen a new Vorkosigan Saga novel. . . her deft and absorbing writing easily corrals the complex plot.”—<I>Publishers Weekly</i><P><b>About Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga:</b><P>“Bujold mixes quirky humor with action [and] superb character development…[E]normously satisfying.”—<I>Publishers Weekly.</i><P>“One of sf's outstanding talents . . . an outstanding series.”—<I>Booklist</i><P>“. . . an intelligent, well-crafted and thoroughly satisfying blend of adventure, sociopolitical commentary, scientific experiments, and occasional perils . . . with that extra spicing of romance. . . .”—<I>Locus</i><P><b>About Vorkosigan series entry <I>Diplomatic Immunity</i>:</b><P>“Bujold is adept at world-building and provides a witty, character-centered plot, full of exquisite grace notes. . . fans will be thoroughly gripped and likely to finish the book in a single sitting.”—<I>Publishers Weekly</i>