Falsely suspected of being a victim of enemy mind control, Cordelia Naismith fled her home planet of Beta Colony to marry a military officer of her former enemy of Barrayar, and is soon pregnant with his heir. Just as she is settling into the old-fashioned ways of Barrayar society, her husband reluctantly agrees to serve as the regent of the child heir to the aging Emperor, setting off an assassination attempt and then a coup against the would-be child emperor.
Review: Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
Review: Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
Review: Barrayar by Lois McMaster Bujold
Falsely suspected of being a victim of enemy mind control, Cordelia Naismith fled her home planet of Beta Colony to marry a military officer of her former enemy of Barrayar, and is soon pregnant with his heir. Just as she is settling into the old-fashioned ways of Barrayar society, her husband reluctantly agrees to serve as the regent of the child heir to the aging Emperor, setting off an assassination attempt and then a coup against the would-be child emperor.