Skolian Empire
6 total works
Catherine Asaro's saga of the Skolian Empire is a passionate tale of love, rivalry and redemption on a distant planet, as two powerful rulers battle for the heart of one remarkable woman.
Kurj, a provincial ruler on a primitive planet, is plagued by inner demons. When he meets Roca, a beautiful & mysterious woman from the stars, he whisks her away to his mountain retreat. But a chance storm strands them in the mountains, inadvertently causing an interstellar war.
Catherine Asaro combines her diverse talents to create a unique blend of hard science fiction and heartrending romance. Her sweeping epic is known as the Saga of the Skolian Empire. From the first Primary Inversion to the most recent, The Quantum Rose, this series has built a significant readership and received widespread praise. Now in SPHERICAL HARMONIC, Asaro ties together several strands of the Saga. The ruling Skolian family, separated for decades, begins once again to gather in the shadow of a disastrous interstellar war to reassume the throne of the Empire.
When Kelric, a scion of the imperial family of Skolia, crash-lands his fighter on the off-limits planet of Coba, he figures it will be only a short time before he makes his way home. But he fails to account for the powerful matriarchy of Coba, the mistresses of the great estates who do not want the Empire to know about their recent cultural advances. First they take him prisoner. Then, one by one, the most powerful women on the planet fall in love with him!
An estrangement between young Sauscony and her father threatens to tear apart the Skolian Empire when it initiates the war between Skolia and the Aristo Traders.
"The Final Key" is the second half of the story arc known as Triad, which began in "Schism". "Schism" ended with the Skolian Empire torn asunder by personal conflict within the royal family. With "The Final Key", the Skolian Empire comes under all-out assault from its nemesis, the Euban Concord. The Concord has undermined the Empire via subterfuge and assassination, leaving it ripe for conquest. The Skolian Empire's only hope? A young woman barely out of her teens who hasn't even completed her training as a cadet.