Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen by Lois McMaster Bujold
Note: This review discusses a major revelation for readers of this series, disclosed in the first chapter of this book.
Three years after the sudden death of her husband Aral, Cordelia Vorkosigan is still the Vicereine (governor) of the colony planet Sergyar, and is still recovering from the grief of losing Aral. Cordelia is now seventy-six, but still young both at heart and physically, since she enjoys the much longer-than-usual lifespan of a native of Beta Colony. Barrayaran Admiral Oliver Jole,
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