him the documents and Miles realizes that Metzov has an obscured past. Miles wakes up after a two-hour sleep and listens to sirens - while men were moving a couple of barrels, one fell and broke, letting out a mutagenic poison invented as a terror weapon. The barracks is basically sealed and the men are ordered to clean up the mess by Metzov, but given inadequate protection to do so. There is a revolt, and all of the men are thrown outside by Metzov into the polar conditions, naked, and left to die unless they clean up the mess. Miles joins the mutiny in order to force Metzov to back down - while Metzov might be willing to let the men freeze, the fallout from letting the Prime Minister's son die would be too bad to escape from. Metzov backs down from his lethal orders, but all the techs and Miles end up being arrested, and Miles is sent back where he faces his father the “great Vorkosigan” and spymaster Simon Illyan. Characters Miles Vorkosigan, the main character of the story and also of the Vorkosigan Saga. Born physically disabled due to the use of a chemical warfare agent in an assassination attempt against his parents while his mother was pregnant with him. A master of manipulation due to his physical disabilities (very fragile bones made it impossible for him to walk until he was almost school age). Lieutenant Ahn, the retiring Lazkowski Base Weather Officer that Miles is replacing. He is a functional alcoholic. General Metzov, the commander of Lazkowski Base. A Komarr Conquest veteran whose career stalled after allegations of torture. Contemptuous of the modern Barrayaran military's "soft service." References External links Vorkosigan Saga