Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold

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You definitely need to have read other books in the series, have a fondness for the Vorkisigans in general and Miles in particular. Miles investigates a finance scheme involving trading cryogenically frozen people on a planet deeply interested in death and aging. A failed kidnapping attempt sees him stumbling, hallucinating into the run-away heir (and his menagerie) of the force-frozen leader of a cryo reform movement. Shenanigans ensue!

Miles was most amusing while hallucinating, Roic seems to have grown up a lot and Ekaterin is off screen looking after what appears to be a vast army of Vorkosigan children. The final drabbles outlining the passing of Aral Vorkosigan were heartwrenching and I’m glad I had some warning. I’d love to know how Aral handled being a grandparent.

I missed the strong women of previous novels, I like having people around who I might want to be.