If you loved how Miles fast-talks his way through Earth’s embassy fiascos—juggling Lord Vorkosigan and Admiral Naismith while smoothing things over with Elli Quinn—then Harrison’s charming rogue Slippery Jim DiGriz will scratch the same itch. Like Miles bluffing ImpSec and outfoxing Ser Galen’s plot, DiGriz survives by brains, banter, and audacious scams that spiral into bigger, funnier trouble. It’s the same breezy, caper-forward energy with a grin.

In Brothers in Arms, Miles threads a political needle between the Barrayaran embassy, ImpSec’s Simon Illyan, and Komarran loyalties—especially once Duv Galeni’s past intersects the plot. The Goblin Emperor offers that same pulse of courtly chess: Maia must read every smile as strategy, build alliances, and survive a capital where one misstep means ruin. If you enjoyed Miles’s deft politicking under surveillance, you’ll savor Maia’s quiet, relentless statecraft.

Miles’s Dendarii ops on Earth—identity swaps, embassy penetrations, and that cascading clone complication—echo in Locke Lamora’s elaborate city-sized heists. Where Miles juggles Naismith vs. Vorkosigan and turns a hostage crisis into an angle, Locke builds layered masks and long cons that explode into gang wars and high-stakes improvisation. You’ll get the same giddy, twisty satisfaction of plans within plans going gloriously sideways.

If the heart of Brothers in Arms for you was Miles confronting a manufactured double—while already living as both Lord Vorkosigan and Admiral Naismith—then Breq’s struggle will resonate. Formerly a starship AI splintered into one body, Breq navigates rank, memory, and identity politics as sharply as Miles negotiates Illyan, Galeni, and the clone’s claim to personhood. It’s a piercing, character-first exploration of who you are when the roles fall away.

From the first embassy mishap to the last desperate pivot around Ser Galen’s scheme, Brothers in Arms never lets up. Old Man’s War delivers a similar throttle: brisk battles, sharp banter, and tactical problem-solving under fire. If Miles’s snap decisions with the Dendarii and his rapid-fire humor kept you turning pages, Scalzi’s CDF campaign—equal parts action and wit—will hit the same high-speed groove.