Ethan of Athos
Our hero is a quiet, upstanding citizen of Athos, an  obstetrician in a world in which reproduction is carried out entirely  via uterine replicator, without the aid of living women. Problem: the  200-year-old cultures are not providing eggs the way they used to, and  attempts to order replacements by mail have failed catastrophically.  But when Ethan is sent to find out what happened and acquire more eggs,  he finds himself in a morass of Cetagandan covert ops and Jackson Whole  politics--and the only person who's around to rescue him is the  inimitable--and, disturbingly, female--Elli Quinn, Dendarii rent-a-spy.