Lois McMaster Bujold a publié en février dernier son 25ème roman,
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen, dans lequel elle revient dans son cycle culte la
Saga Vorkosiganet retrouve son héroïne Cordelia.
Le 16ème opus de la saga surprend plus d'un lecteur, pourtant habitué à cet univers. L'auteure s'en explique dans un article sur
nzherald.co.nz :
Lois McMaster Bujold "There is a great deal of 'This wasn't the book I was expecting!' as if books were like menu items ordered in a restaurant, and the waitress has brought a hot fudge sundae instead of a plate of lasagne," says Bujold. "This is ... perhaps not entirely unjustified. Most of it is complaint because it's not an action-adventure."