{"product_id":"9781451639155-captain-vorpatrils-alliance","title":"Captain Vorpatril's Alliance","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCaptain Ivan Vorpatril sometimes thinks that if not for his family, he might have no troubles at all. But he has the dubious fortune of the hyperactive Miles Vorkosigan as a cousin, which has too-often led to his getting dragged into one of Miles' schemes, with risk to life and limb - and military career - that Ivan doesn't consider entirely fair.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eA new installment in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebest-selling, award-winning\u003ci\u003eVorkosigan \u003c\/i\u003escience fiction adventure series! Captain Ivan Vorpatrilsometimes thinks that if not for his family, he might have no troubles at all.But he has the dubious fortune of the hyperactive Miles Vorkosigan as a cousin,which has too-often led to his getting dragged into one of Miles’ schemes,with risk to life and limb — and military career — that Ivandoesn’t consider entirely fair. Fortunately, his current duty is on theplanet Komarr as staff officer to Admiral Desplains, far from both his cousinand his mother back on their homeworld of Barrayar. It’s an easyassignment and nobody is shooting at him. What could go wrong? Plenty, it turnsout, when Byerly Vorrutyer, an undercover agent for Imperial Security, shows upon his doorstep and asks him to make the acquaintance of a young woman, recentlyarrived on Komarr, who seems to be in danger. It is but a short step down theroad of good intentions to the tangle of Ivan’s life, in trouble with theKomarran authorities, with his superiors, and with the lethal figures huntingthe mysterious but lovely Tej!\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41014099181665,"sku":"9781451639155","price":11.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_31076772.jpg?v=1737578539","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781451639155-captain-vorpatrils-alliance","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}