Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway

Hmm. The thing is, Lois has structured that series so that she doesn't have to stick any particular ending more than any other ending. Each volume contributes to the arc of what these people and places are doing, but not in the way where we are in suspense about how Miles or Barrayar will "end." Each one needs a volume ending, but that's not the same thing as books that are trying to build a different kind of series arc and then have to live up to the whole thing. One of the reasons I love middle books in the other kind of series arc is that I don't have to worry about them sticking the landing yet.