catherine asaro

The Misted Cliffs Catherine Asaro Luna, July 2005, $13.95, 352 pp. ISBN 0373802269 Verquelle was the King of Harsdown but when he was defeated in battle to annex the Kingdom of Aronsdale, the monarch vanquished him to a place where he has been imprisoned for eighteen years. King Muller and...

The Final Key Catherine Asaro Tor, Dec 2005, $25.95, 352 pp. ISBN 0765313537 The Skolian Empire is founded on democratic principles while the Euban Concord or Trader Empire’s economy is based on slavery. The two civilizations are enemies and while the Trader Empire has more ships, The Skolian...

The Dawn Star Catherine Asaro Luna, July 2006, $14.95 480 pp. ISBN 0373802382 Cobalt the Dark married Mel Dawnfield so that Harsdown would eventually return to Cobalt’s heirs because it is part of his wife’s dowry. What began as a marriage of state quickly became a love match. He conquered...

Alpha Catherine Asaro Baen, Sep 2006, $25.00 ISBN: 1416520813 The National Information Agency Director of the Office of Computer Operations Lieutenant General Thomas Wharington is elated that the major threat to world domination by the malevolent genius Charon is over as the villain is dead...

The Fire Opal Catherine Asaro Luna, Jun 2007, $14.95 ISBN 0373802773 As a priestess in the Dragon-Sun temple, Ginger-Sun serves the villagers of nearby Sky Flames. She provides them with comfort and leads them in prayer and ceremonies honoring the Sun that lights up the sky and the world...

The Night Bird Catherine Asaro Luna, Jul 2008, $14.95 ISBN 9780373802685 Student mage Allegra was on her way to receive training when she was abducted by desert raiders who plan on selling her as a sex slave; her golden hair they assume will make them quite of bit of money. In Jazid, ruthless...

Diamond Star Catherine Asaro Baen, May 2009, $23.00 ISBN: 9781416591603 The Allied Worlds of Earth, The Eubian Concord Trader Empire, and Skolian Imperialate make up the human empires in the distant future. The Skolian Imperialate and the Trader Empire went to war, but neither won. Hostilities...

Carnelians Catharine Asaro Baen, Oct 12 2011, $25.00 ISBN: 9781451637489 Eubian Concord Emperor Jaibriol III and his heir chief advisor Corbal discuss implementation of the peace treaty ending hostilities with the Skolian Imperialate. The emperor knows the Aristo oppose the treaty and he...

I noted a thread commenting on the fact that one of the most published SF authors, David Weber, did not have his own subforum. The same seems to be true of Miss Asaro whose brilliant saga of the Skolian Empire has gotten her one Nebula Award so far as well as a couple of other nominations...

This is the first novel set in Asaro's award-winning and continuing Skolian Empire series. I posted a general review of the series on this blog in July 2007 and a review of another of the novels, The Ruby Dice, in May 2010. I went into some detail concerning the background to the series in my...

I previously reviewed Catherine Asaro's Skolian Empire space-opera series in July 2007 (see the review list in the panel on my blog) so I won't repeat the background to the stories here. Suffice to say that The Ruby Dice is the twelfth novel in the series, with a thirteenth (Diamond Star)...

Catherine Asaro is building up (11 novels so far) a modern version of the traditional space opera, featuring empires locked in conflict, ancient technology, vast space battles, psionic powers and romance. While focusing on one extended family of powerful psions, the novels vary in the characters...

Has anyone read The Charmed Sphere and Misted Cliffs? What did you think of them, i thought they had some interesting ideas, about magic working with shapes and colours.