After a while, Mark becomes frustrated by Barrayaran Imperial Security's lack of progress he is convinced that Miles is still on Jackson's Whole, and decides to go there himself. Cordelia accepts him as another son and has him acknowledged legally as a member of the family. The Dendarii flee the debacle and take Mark to Miles' parents on Barrayar. The medic uses an automated shipping system to send the chamber to safety, but is killed before he can tell anyone what he did and where he sent it. He is frozen in a cryonic chamber on the spot, but the medic in charge becomes separated from the rest of the men while retreating under fire. When Miles finds out, he attempts to rescue his troops and his brother from the mess Mark has made, but is killed by a needle grenade. These teenage clones are scheduled to have their brains replaced by those of their wealthy, aged progenitors. Mark, Miles Vorkosigan's clone, masquerades as him and dupes his mercenary force, the Dendarii, into undertaking a mission to free about 50 clones on Jackson's Whole, an anything-goes freebooters' planet where Mark was created and raised. Part of the Vorkosigan Saga, it was first published by Baen Books in March 1994, and is included in the 2002 omnibus Miles Errant. Mirror Dance is a Hugo- and Locus-award-winning science fiction novel by Lois McMaster Bujold. Locus Award for Best Science Fiction Novel (1995)
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