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(0)Catherine Asaro
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Saga of the Skolian Empire volume 1
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A romance between heirs to warring empires. She is Soz, a psi-powered fighter pilot of the Skolian Empire, he is Jaibriol of the evil Trader Empire. But he is different from his compatriots and they fall in love. The background is a war fought using the faster-than-light inversion drive. The Skolian Empire rules a third of the civilized galaxy through its mastery of faster-than-light communication. But war with the rival empire of the Traders seems...
3) Alpha
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Charon was the most ruthless—and brilliant—criminal of the twenty-first century, a practitioner of illegal robotics and android research. He is dead now, and General Thomas Wharington believes his team of experts has deleted all the electronic copies that the megalomaniacal inventor created of himself. However, one major problem remains: Alpha, the only android survivor of Charon's cybernetic empire.
Outwardly indistinguishable
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"A near-future layering of East and West, of religion and technology . . . and of love and its loss-all woven into an intriguing tapestry." -Diana Gabaldon, bestselling author of the Outlander series
Winner of the Homer Award for Best Science Fiction Novel
A renowned prima ballerina, Lucia del Mar is far more comfortable expressing herself through dance than with words. Shy and introverted, she spends most of her spare time on her laptop.
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Saga of the Skolian Empire volume 3
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Reeling from a battle, pilot Kelric Valdoria crash-lands his Jag starfighter on Coba, the closest safe planet he can find after a Trader squad cripples his ship. Although the military of Kelric's people have given Coba Restricted status, Kelric sees no reason for such draconian measures to isolate the seemingly benign world.
While recovering, the dashing Kelric becomes the target of affection for high-powered women in Coba's matriarchal society,...
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Sauscony and Jaibriol, in exile on a deserted planet with their children, find that the fate of much of the known universe rests on the shoulders of their fragile young family. Interstellar war erupts, and Jaibriol is snatched away to the Highton Aristos.
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Seventeen-year-old Tina Santis Pulivok has never seen anyone like Althor in 1987 East LA. With his metallic skin, inner eyelids, and stilted way of talking, Althor baffles her. It doesn't help that he keeps talking about his spaceship. And although Tina has always experienced other people's emotions at a level far beyond normal, she's never felt the intensity she does with this strange visitor.
Althor finally convinces Tina that he comes from the...
9) Starborn
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Following her heart, she left Earth behind-and now only she can save it . . .
Tina Santis Pulivok never thought anyone would make sense of the strange way her mind could become saturated with other people's moods. But then she met Althor, an empathic starfighter pilot from hundreds of years in the future. As their love grows, she leaves her Earth to join his universe where she has no ties except to Althor and their vulnerable marriage.
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10) The Phoenix Code
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The Nebula Award–winning author "continues to dazzle us with brilliance in combining science, romance and adventure." -Romantic Times
MIT professor Megan O'Flannery is one of the world's leading research scientists on artificial intelligence for androids. Most of her work consists of working with computer simulations, so when the company MindSim gives Megan an opportunity to work with an android, she jumps at the chance.
Hidden and secret,...
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A collection that includes the Nebula Award–winning titular novella and "Light and Shadow," the story that begins the Saga of the Skolian Empire series.
In "The Spacetime Pool," recent MIT grad Janelle Aulair is hiking through the Great Smoky Mountains when a man appears out of nowhere to request her help. Shaken by his impossible appearance, she steps away-and falls through a portal onto a beach in another universe.
That's when Dominick,...
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A two-part adventure of time travel, romance, and interstellar intrigue that takes you "from the L.A. barrios to the universe! Excellent" (The San Diego Union-Tribune).
Born in Mexico but living in East LA much of her young life, Tina Santis Pulivok has always felt different from her friends and family. Her mind picks up the moods of others, but she's never understood why-until a bizarre meeting gives her a one-of-a-kind connection to a...
13) Earthborn
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From a Mayan village to an L.A. barrio to a chance to reach the stars . . . Part One of "a space adventure for the twenty-first century" (Nancy Kress, Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author).
Not much surprises waitress Tina Santis Pulivok on the streets of East LA-until the night when, on her way home from her waitressing job, she meets a man working on a strange, glowing box. Still, she thinks he must be one of those Caltech students...
14) The ruby dice
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Saga of the Skolian Empire volume 12
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Nebula Award winner Catherine Asaro's tales of the Skolian Empire have earned tremendous acclaim and a devoted following. War between the Eubian Concord and the Skolians has devastated the galaxy before. Now another epic clash is brewing, and the leaders of both empires might be powerless to stop it. Further complicating matters, both men hide shocking secrets that could spell their doom.
15) Undercity
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"BOOK ONE IN A BRAND NEW SERIES by Nebula and Hugo Award Winner Catherine Asaro set in the world of her Skolian Empire universe. In the galaxy-spanning future, Major Bhaajan is a tough female P.I. who works the dangerous streets of Undercity. Major Bhaajan, a former military officer with Imperial Space Command, is now a hard-bitten P.I. with a load of baggage to deal with, and clients with woes sometimes personal, sometimes galaxy-shattering, and...
16) Carnelians
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Saga of the Skolian Empire volume 14
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In Carnelians, the Eubian empire and Skolian Imperialate have forged a peace treaty. But when an explosive pop anthem sweeps across the civilizations, unrest breaks out, and renewed warfare threatens to shatter the fragile peace.
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Saga of the Skolian Empire volume 13
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Two-time Nebula Award winner Catherine Asaro takes her immensely popular Skolian Empire saga to new heights. The renegade son of the Ruby Dynasty, Del prefers rock music to interstellar politics. His singing career has recently gained momentum on Earth, which has an uneasy relationship with his family's empire. But with intergalactic tensions running high, Del finds it harder and harder to avoid family expectations. "Asaro's Skolian saga is now nearly...
19) Ascendant Sun
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Kelric returns to Skolian space, only to find his worst nightmare realized. He is auctioned as a slave “provider” to the cruel Aristos, who subject slaves to torture and sex to provide their ultimate telepathic emotional drug.
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NEW IN THE MAJOR BHAAJAN SERIES: A TOUGH FEMALE PI NOVEL WITH NOIR OVERTONES AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF INTERSTELLAR POLITICS Selei City is the capital of the Imperialate and one of the most desired locales in all of the Skolian Empire. But its thin veneer of civilization is cracked when a series of brutal crimes implicates those in political power in a vast conspiracy. Three prominent scientists have lost their lives to a serial killer - and notes at...