The Radiant Seas (Skolian Web)
Sauscony of Skolia and Jaibriol of the Highton Aristos are truly star-crossed lovers: They are the heirs to interstellar empires that are implacable, age-old enemies. When they seek to save their secret relationship in an exile disguised as death, they disturb the delicate balance of power among Skolia, Aristo, and Earth. Interstellar war erupts, empires rise and fall, and it looks as though the Highton Aristos may recover first, with their dark lust for conquest intact.The Radiant Seasfollows the critically acclaimed novelsPrimary Inversion,Catch the Lightning(the 1997 Sapphire Award winner), andThe Last Hawkas the fourth of a proposed seven novels in the Saga of the Skolian Empire, an exceptionally well-written and well-plotted series that mixes space opera, future history, hard SF, military SF, and romance. By internal chronology,The Radiant Seasis the direct sequel toPrimary Inversion. It is also Catherine Asaro's most ambitious novel to date. Fans of the earlier books will findThe Radiant Seasless focused on romantic aspects, and readers new to the series may find this novel starts slow, but the complex story is always clear and soon picks up speed. Hard SF fans will revel in the numerous brilliant ideas extrapolated from physics and genetics (the author is a physicist), while readers uninterested in science will find the novel unmarred by chunky speculative-science digressions. All will findThe Radiant Seasbursting with fascinating characters and subplots, and will quickly discover they can't put the novel down.--Cynthia Ward--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.