I'd love an Ivan book, so I'm glad to hear that the next one will be about him. It's been hinted at several times that he has potential - I'd love to see him forced into living up to it and getting out from under Miles' shadow for a change.
For me, it's hard to see what could be done with Elena as a character. Really she grew up in The Warrior's Apprentice and from there she's been fully developed. I'd actually like one set in the years that Miles was away from the Dendarii - something to show the Dendarii in between Warrior's Apprentice and Vor Game. That's where LMB could really showcase Elena, Tung and Bel.
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Try the Borders of Infinity novella, if you haven't already. I think it does for character resonance, emotional depth, and expression of core themes to the Naismith portions of Miles' life what The Mountains of Mourning does for the Vorkosigan bits.
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Absolutely agree!