Diamond Star (Saga of the Skolian Empire)
Catherine Asaro has an M.A. in physics, and a Ph.D. in chemical physics, both from Harvard. She has done research at theUniversityofToronto, The Max Planck Institute, and theHarvard-SmithsonianCenterfor Astrophysics. A former ballet and jazz dancer, she founded the Mainly Jazz Dance program at Harvard and now teaches at the Caryl Maxwell Classical Ballet. She has written sixteen novels in the popular Skolian Saga as well as two near-future technothrillers,The Veiled WebandThe Phoenix Code. Her other books for Baen includeThe Ruby Dice,AlphaandSunrise Alley.She currently runs Molecudyne Research and lives in Maryland with her husband and daughter.--This text refers to theMass Market Paperbackedition.