Jin introduces him to a society of outcasts living in abandoned facilities. When Miles finds his way back to the surface, he encounters Jin, an eleven-year-old boy living with his chickens and other pets in a disused building. Roic is caught along with Raven, a cryo-revival specialist from the Durona Group who assisted in reviving Miles after his death on Jackson's Whole (detailed in Mirror Dance). Miles avoids capture because an allergic reaction to the drug used on him makes him extremely hyperactive, and escapes into the below-ground Cryocombs, where the frozen are stored. The narrative follows three points of view: those of Miles, his Armsman Roic, and Jin Sato, a local Kibou-daini boy.Īt a conference, an attempt is made to kidnap Miles and the other attendees. WhiteChrys, a major "cryocorp", to which sick or dying people go to be frozen in hopes of one day being revived and cured, is opening a subsidiary on Komarr, arousing suspicions. He is sent by Emperor Gregor to the planet Kibou-daini ("New Hope") to investigate White Chrysanthemum Cryonics Corporation. Miles Vorkosigan, the main character in the series, is 39 years old. Plot summary Ĭryoburn takes place six or seven years after Diplomatic Immunity. Also in 2011, it was one of the top five finishers in the poll for the Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel.
Part of the Vorkosigan Saga, it was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Novel in 2011, as Bujold's ninth Best Novel nomination. Cryoburn is a science fiction novel by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold, first published in October 2010.
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