| Cetaganda | |
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| 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.
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.
Cetaganda was nominated for the Locus Award in 1997, the same year as Memory, the following book in the series.[2]
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