Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen
Categories: [ Books/Barrayar ]
On Sergyar, three years after Aral's sudden death, Cordelia decides to start new daughters using her late husband's frozen gametes. She donates some of those gametes to Oliver Jole, who had been Aral's and hers lover for twenty years. They start dating while preparing their retirement from their postitions as Vicereine and Admiral of the Sergyar fleet. After receiving a message from her mother, Miles (and his whole family) arrive without being announced, trying to discover what is happening in his mother's life. He learns about the trio's past relationship, and Cordelia's and Oliver's new relationship.