Stupid Awesome Bujold

Chapter 9 in A Civil Campaign should come with a warning label. "Caution: Do not start reading this chapter if you have any plans -- like, say, sleep -- in the immediate future. You will have to push them back. Several characters get screwed over so badly in this chapter that you will be forced to read another 100 pages before you stop wringing your hands."

I was up until four in the morning. Stupid dinner party. Stupid awesome Bujold.