I am reluctantly writing this review because Komarr is about the 9th book in the Vorkosigan series and thus rather far into it. The story is sprinkled with references and in jokes from previous books but though the story is understandable without reading preceding books the reader will miss a lot and not notice many of the nuances due to lack of familiarity with Barrayaran culture and Miles' previous misadventures. Komarr is a conquered world. It is also … more