The device begins dumping random sets of memories into Illyan's mind at an accelerating pace, causing him to believe he is at different points in his life. Illyan's breakdown was caused by a malfunction in the memory device implanted in his brain when he was a young lieutenant. Gregor unexpectedly decides that it would save many steps (and his time) by making Miles himself a temporary Auditor, even if Haroche considers Miles a prime suspect in Illyan's impairment. When Illyan suffers a sudden, crippling mental impairment, Miles attempts to investigate, but receives no cooperation from Lucas Haroche, ImpSec's acting chief, so he asks Gregor to assign him an Imperial Auditor, a troubleshooter answerable only to the Emperor. When their engagement is announced, Galeni is furious with Miles, calling him on a monitored line to express his rage at Barrayarans in general and the Vor class in particular. Miles gets them invitations to a party hosted by Emperor Gregor, hoping to help him to score points with Laisa, but unexpectedly she and Gregor fall in love. His cousin Ivan Vorpatril, with the help of his friend and ImpSec Captain Duv Galeni (who encountered Miles during the events of Brothers in Arms), manage to get him to break out of his funk.ĭuv Galeni is enamored of Laisa Toscane, a very wealthy heiress and member of a Komarran economic delegation. Illyan finds out anyway, and Miles is forced to accept a medical discharge. Terrified of the consequences, Miles falsifies his mission report to his boss, Simon Illyan, the head of Imperial Security (ImpSec). While leading the Dendarii Mercenaries on a hostage rescue mission, Miles Vorkosigan has a seizure - a recurring consequence of his death and resuscitation in Mirror Dance - which results in his accidentally (and non-fatally) severing the rescued hostage's legs with his weapon. It is a part of the Vorkosigan Saga, and is the eleventh full-length novel in publication order. Memory is a science fiction novel by American writer Lois McMaster Bujold, first published in October 1996.

Memory by Mcmaster Bujold Lois