The worldbuilding was great, Miles was as hyperactive as ever, and the intrigue was quite interesting. The end of the novel was sad, for obvious reasons, and I really want to see more of Miles's own children, but the novel was quite satisfying. I get the feeling that age is really beginning to creep up on him, but his brother's little side-projects might eventually side-step the need to ever slow down. Now if only we could side-step age the same way, we might expect a lot more of these novels, eh? I'd love that! 
 Sigh. This concludes the current suite of novels until Ms. Bujold writes more of them. Here's for praying! Thank you for the wonderful series!