Roic, the big buff armsman is also a main character here and we see him rapidly and gratefully developing into Miles’ right-hand man, a situation that he would never have foreseen after that embarrassing buttered underwear scene in A Civil Campaign.
Some of our favorite characters are missing from Diplomatic Immunity, but fans will be happy to get reacquainted with the gene-manipulating bubble-dwelling haut ladies of Cetaganda Bel Thorne, the Betan hermaphrodite who Miles had to ask to resign from the Dendarii Mercenary Fleet at the end of Mirror Dance and Nicol, the Quaddie musician we met in the short story “Labyrinth.” We learn a lot about the Quaddie culture in this novel. His investigation eventually uncovers a conspiracy which could lead to bioterrorism and war. When Miles gets there, he discovers that a Barrayan officer is missing and possibly murdered. In this case, it’s a diplomatic issue - a Komarran merchant ship with a Barrayaran military escort is being held up at Graf Station in Quaddiespace - and Emperor Gregor asks Miles to go straighten it out on his way home. But, as usual, something happens to delay their return. In Diplomatic Immunity, Miles and Ekaterin are on the final leg of their interplanetary honeymoon and are anxious to return to Barrayar where their two full-term babies (one boy and one girl) are ready to be released from their uterine replicators. Originally posted at Fantasy Literature Warning: Contains spoilers for previous books. By the way, if you did not know, the series order is: "The Warrior's Apprentice" "The Vor game" "Borders of Infinity" "Cetaganda" "Brothers in Arms" "Mirror Dance" "Memory" "Komarr" "A Civil Campaign" "Diplomatic Immunity"
The narrator is Grover Gardner and this is the icing on the cake - would have to admit I am partial to Scott Brick and Stefan Rudnicki - and have actually picked books up with the narrator being a major fact as they carry you through the tale, adding emotion and a charm to each character.
Again, there is the development of existing and new characters (in the form of Quaddies). With this I am glad to say this is another smash hit - I so do feel for Miles' character and love the twists and turns as each mystery has to be solved. I have been follow the saga for a couple of years now - i have not actually read any of these books so cannot comment on the faithfulness of this audiobook, BUT I do have every audiobook of this series now and do eagerly anticipating each new release.
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