The novel “Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen” by Lois McMaster Bujold was published for the first time in 2016. It’s part of the Vorkosigan saga.

Cordelia Vorkosigan intends to leave her role as Vicereine of Sergyar to raise the children she wants to have through in vitro fertilization and automatic gestation following the use of the genetic material of her late husband Aral.

In carrying out her project, Cordelia Vorkosigan also involves Admiral Oliver Jole, who for years has been her husband Aral’s lover. There’s the possibility of combining the two men’s genetic material to give birth to their children.