Cryoburn I found dull. I enjoyed "Captain Vorpatril's Alliance" a lot more than many people on my flist did, although the criticisms made of its grasp of ethics are fair enough (I think the main problem is that if you try to do what's basically a heist plot in a Barrayan context with those characters, dissonance is inevitable). GJOTRQ is also dull, also

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(Rot13 for spoilers and a minor rant, in case anyone actually cares).