Sick of combat & betrayal Cordelia Vorkosigan is ready to settle down to a quiet life But when the Emperor dies her husband Aral becomes guardian of the infant heir to the imperial throne of Barrayar & the target of high-tech assassins in a dynastic civil war But neither Aral nor Cordelia can guess the part that their cell-damaged unborn will play in Barrayar&s bloody legacy Winner of the Hugo Award