Admiral Dzhoul i Krasnaya koroleva

Kordeliya Neysmit, vdovstvuyuschaya grafinya Forkosigan, otdala 40 let zabotam o muzhe, syne i obustroystvu planety, kotoraya tak i ne stala dlya nee rodnym domom. Teper', kogda ona pochti osvobodilas' ot mnogih prinyatyh na sebya obyazatel'stv, nastalo vremya dlya ser'eznogo vybora… Admiral Dzhoul, glava planetarnogo flota, umu kotorogo nekogda zavidoval Maylz, a vneshnosti - ego brat Ayven, k svoim pyatidesyati godam poluchil ot zhizni vse, chego zhelal. Ili… pochti vse? A Maylzu, lordu-auditoru, predstoit rassledovanie, kotoroe otkroet taynu, svyazannuyu s ego sobstvennoy sem'ey.