- Cetaganda (novel)
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Cetaganda Author(s) Lois McMaster Bujold Cover artist Gary Ruddell Country United States Language English Series Vorkosigan Saga Genre(s) Science fiction Publisher Baen Books Publication date 1996 Pages 302 ISBN 97800671877019 Followed by Memory Cetaganda is a science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold, first published in four parts from October to December 1995 in Analog Science Fiction and Fact,[1] and published in book form by Baen Books in January 1996. It is a part of the Vorkosigan Saga.
Plot summary
Miles and Ivan are sent to the home world of the Cetagandan Empire to represent Barrayar at the Imperial funeral of the dowager Empress, mother of the current Emperor. They soon become entangled in an internal Cetagandan plot which leads to murder.
Miles forms an unusual alliance with Rian Degtiar, the "Handmaiden of the Star Crèche", who is charged with the duties of Empress until the new one is chosen. Miles solves the complex mystery and prevents the Cetagandan Empire from fragmenting into nine dangerously expansionist-minded parts. Then, much to his chagrin, he is publicly awarded the "Order of Merit", the highest Cetagandan award, by the Emperor himself. He also picks up clues to a Cetagandan genetic experiment, which becomes the object of much skulduggery in Ethan of Athos.
Awards
Cetaganda was nominated for the Locus Award in 1997, the same year as Memory, the following book in the series.[2]
References
- ^ "Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Mid-December 1995". Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB). http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?56980. Retrieved 2011-05-02.
- ^ "1997 Award Winners & Nominees". Worlds Without End. http://www.worldswithoutend.com/books_year_index.asp?year=1997. Retrieved 2011-02-06.
Vorkosigan Saga Works Shards of Honor (1986) · The Warrior's Apprentice (1986) · Ethan of Athos (1986) · "The Borders of Infinity" (1987) · Falling Free (1988) · "The Mountains of Mourning" (1989) · "Labyrinth" (1989) · Brothers in Arms (1989) · "Weatherman" (1990) · The Vor Game (1990) · Barrayar (1991) · Mirror Dance (1994) · "Dreamweaver's Dilemma" (1995) · Cetaganda (1995) · Memory (1996) · Komarr (1998) · A Civil Campaign (1999) · Diplomatic Immunity (2002) · "Winterfair Gifts" (2004) · Cryoburn (2010)
(omnibus reprints):
Borders of Infinity (1989) · Vorkosigan's Game (1992) · Cordelia's Honor (1996) · Young Miles (1997) · Miles, Mystery and Mayhem (2001) · Miles Errant (2002) · Miles, Mutants and Microbes (2007) · Miles in Love (2008)Characters Vorkosigan family Other Vor of Barrayar Others Barrayaran
EmpirePlanets Governance History Other worlds 
Fantasy The Spirit Ring (1993)The Fivefold Pathway
of the SoulThe Sharing Knife Categories:- Science fiction novel stubs
- 1996 novels
- 1990s science fiction novels
- American science fiction novels
- Novels by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Vorkosigan Saga
- Novels first published in serial form
- Works originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact
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