Miles Naismith Vorkosigan was not a mutan, though he was often mistaken for one. Cursed with brittle bones that neither grew nor healed properly, a dwarf-like body and a face prematurely lined with the agony of too many corrective surgeries, and too many people who would not accept his difference. Miles refused to hide behind his Vor rank. With a brilliant mind, courage honed by a desire for adventure,and an ever-ready sense of the absurd, he carved out his own place in the galactic scheme.