Cetaganda Audiobook (Free)

When the Cetagandan empress dies, Miles Vorkosigan and his cousin Ivan are delivered to Cetaganda for her funeral simply because diplomatic representatives of Barrayar. Upon arriving, the two males are inexplicably attacked with a servant of the late empress. When the same servant turns up dead the next day, Kilometers and Ivan find themselves caught in the middle of a mystery.

Miles tries to play detective inside a strange, complicated, and deceptively alien lifestyle, even though lascivious Ivan manages to get himself involved with several noble females at exactly the same time, a diplomatic no-no of the first order. As the plot thickens, it turns into clear that it’s up to Kilometers to save the empire.

With her usual skill, Bujold addresses timeless issues of human identity through the non-public dramas of her characters.