Cordelia's Honor

A space captain must navigate deceit and betrayal as she forges an unlikely peace with her enemy in the midst of a war. Despite her desire to retire and lead a peaceful life, she is pulled into a fight for the imperial throne of Barrayar and must face high-tech assassins and a dynastic civil war. This book includes an author's afterword and a chronology of events in the Vorkosigan Saga series.