<div>A collection that includes the Nebula Award&ndash;winning titular novella and &ldquo;Light and Shadow,&rdquo; the story that begins the Saga of the Skolian Empire series. In &ldquo;The Spacetime Pool,&rdquo; 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&mdash;and falls through a portal onto a beach in another universe. That&rsquo;s when Dominick, the man who waylaid Janelle, reveals she is part of a prophecy. It foretells a bizarre future: if Dominick marries Janelle, he&rsquo;ll depose his twin brother and become Emperor of the land. If Dominick doesn&rsquo;t marry her, his brother&mdash;a brutal tyrant who will do anything to keep his throne&mdash;will murder him. Janelle finds herself caught in a conflict that could destroy the realm. If that&rsquo;s not mind-blowing enough, she discovers books that prove this civilization achieved interstellar travel five centuries ago. Yet now they&rsquo;re living in a culture that doesn&rsquo;t have electricity, riding two-horned creatures that definitely aren&rsquo;t horses, and sword-fighting. To find her way home, Janelle must figure out what happened between then and now . . . The Spacetime Pool also includes Catherine Asaro&rsquo;s first-ever published story, &ldquo;Light and Shadow,&rdquo; featuring Kelric, a popular character from the Saga of the Skolian Empire series, and an illustrated essay on the math in her fiction titled &ldquo;A Poetry of Angles and Dreams.&rdquo; Praise for Catherine Asaro &ldquo;Readers seeking the harmonious meld of hard SF&rsquo;s rigor and human chemistry&rsquo;s heat should read Catherine Asaro&rsquo;s fiction.&rdquo; &mdash;SciFi Weekly</div>

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The Spacetime Pool

<div>The first book in the Skolian Empire saga by the Nebula Award&ndash;winning author. &ldquo;Fast, smart, speculative . . . another stellar debut.&rdquo; &mdash;Los Angeles Daily News Soz Valdoria, a bioengineered fighter pilot&mdash;and first in line for the military command of her people&mdash;has found refuge with her squad on the sanctuary planet of Delos. It offers a respite from the war that rages between her Skolian people and their enemies, the Traders. Looking for rest and relaxation, they must still be on their guard for the Trader soldiers who also visit the sanctuary. In a bar, they confront the worst of the worst: an Aristo from the Trader ruling caste, seemingly on the prowl for a &ldquo;provider&rdquo; he can use for his barbaric impulses. His presence takes Soz back to her days as a prisoner of war, when she became the plaything of a sadistic and soulless Aristo. And yet something is off about this Aristo. Unable to ignore her instincts, Soz searches the city until she finds him in a secured mansion. Breaching its fortifications and eluding its guards, she discovers a devastating truth: this man is no true Aristo. He is a genetic anomaly like Soz, one of the few people who can handle the massive neurological demands of the psibernet, the technological marvel that gives the Skolians their only advantage over the Traders. This false Aristo, this sheep in a wolf&rsquo;s clothing, is heir to the Trader throne. The emperor created him for one reason&mdash;to take control of the Skolian network and conquer Soz&rsquo;s people. But Soz has never felt such a connection as she does to this Trader heir. It may prove her&mdash;and the universe&rsquo;s&mdash;undoing . . . &ldquo;This is one of the best SF first novels in years.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist</div>

Primary Inversion

<div>&ldquo;Powerful characterization and intriguing scientific concepts . . . an elegant subtlety and a far-reaching sense of destiny that carries [Asaro] to the highest rank of master storyteller.&rdquo; &mdash;Romantic Times 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&rsquo;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&rsquo;s matriarchal society, including Deha Dahl, an Estate Manager, and young Ixpar Karn, the chosen successor of the Minister. Distracted by their flirtations, Kelric doesn&rsquo;t at first realize the Restricted status of the planet was their own choice&mdash;and that they can&rsquo;t risk letting him go. However, Kelric&rsquo;s internal biomech system is failing, causing his brain to malfunction. His only hope is to escape. But when his attempt fails, ending in the death of a guard, he must face a trial that could mean his execution, unless he can win the trust of the people who both covet and fear him . . . &ldquo;Well-written, entertaining, classic science fiction fun.&rdquo; &mdash;The Plain Dealer &ldquo;Impossible to put down.&rdquo; &mdash;L. E. Modesitt, Jr., New York Times&ndash;bestselling author &ldquo;A smoothly absorbing space opera that mixes high-tech gimmickry with galactic politics and plenty of romance.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly</div>

The Last Hawk

<div>&ldquo;Space adventure for the twenty-first century . . . made sophisticated with Asaro&rsquo;s fascinating knowledge of cutting-edge science.&rdquo; &mdash;Nancy Kress, Hugo and Nebula Award&ndash;winning author 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&rsquo;t help that he keeps talking about his spaceship. And although Tina has always experienced other people&rsquo;s emotions at a level far beyond normal, she&rsquo;s never felt the intensity she does with this strange visitor. Althor finally convinces Tina that he comes from the future, the year 2328, and possibly another universe. He had been headed for a reception on Earth, in Washington D.C., when something went terribly wrong with his starship. Although he has managed to stay free, he loses his Jag starfighter to the American military of 1987. Althor&rsquo;s internal web system connects directly to his Jag, which means his life depends on his recovering his ship. As he and Tina race to get his Jag and evade capture, Tina&rsquo;s connection to Althor grows. A second chance is in her future&mdash;his future. But it becomes clear that someone in Althor&rsquo;s universe sabotaged his ship, trying to kill him. And the assassins aren&rsquo;t finished yet . . . &ldquo;From the L.A. barrios to the universe! Excellent.&rdquo; &mdash;The San DiegoUnion-Tribune &ldquo;A truly masterful accomplishment in world-building, an example of consummate craftsmanship and an impeccable feel for the technical and social possibilities that lie ahead of us. Hard science fiction fans can rejoice&mdash;the next superstar is here.&rdquo; &mdash;Romantic Times</div>

Lightning Strike

<div>The Nebula Award&ndash;winning author &ldquo;continues to dazzle us with brilliance in combining science, romance and adventure.&rdquo; &mdash;Romantic Times MIT professor Megan O&rsquo;Flannery is one of the world&rsquo;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, an underground compound in the Nevada desert offers Megan a spectacular lab where she can live and work, mostly alone except for robotic assistants&mdash;and the android. Although it appears physically indistinguishable from a human man, Megan realizes she has a lot of work ahead if he is ever to think and act like a human, let alone the superspy that MindSim wants him to be. She loosens the controls on his behavior, allowing the android&mdash;who soon chooses the name Ander&mdash;the freedom of more independent thought. However, when Raj Sundaram, the reclusive genius of robotics, arrives at the compound to work with the android, Ander&rsquo;s behavior takes a strange turn, causing Megan to distrust Raj. As Ander&rsquo;s development spins out of control, he throws the project into chaos, going rogue even as he becomes stronger&mdash;and more dangerously human. &ldquo;This novel is clearly science fiction first with a dynamic climax that will stun the unsuspecting audience who will fail to break The Phoenix Code before Ms. Asaro reveals the ending of this keeper.&rdquo; &mdash;Painted Rock Reviews &ldquo;Cinematic energy and the ease and confidence of a seasoned bestseller.&rdquo; &mdash;SFReviews.net</div>

The Phoenix Code

<div>&ldquo;A near-future layering of East and West, of religion and technology . . . and of love and its loss&mdash;all woven into an intriguing tapestry.&rdquo; &mdash;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. Still, Lucia&rsquo;s job forces her out of her comfort zone, which is how she winds up at a White House reception where she meets Rashid al-Jazari, the wealthy CEO of a multinational corporation. Although attracted to him, Lucia can&rsquo;t help but feel awkward and shrugs off their encounter as a one-time event. Not realizing he feels a similar attraction, she never imagines Rashid will seek out her performances; he is the last person she expects to see when her dance company travels to Italy. Their reunion takes an even more unexpected turn when they&rsquo;re both drugged and kidnapped. Although they overcome their abductors, it leaves them stranded in North Africa. For her own safety, Lucia agrees to marry Rashid, at least for the time being. As she recovers at his family compound in Morocco, reeling from their brush with danger, she struggles to fit into a culture she knows nothing about&mdash;and to deal with her growing feelings for Rashid. At the same time, at his secret office there, Rashid is developing a dramatic leap forward in artificial intelligence combined with virtual reality. He finds himself plunged into a fight for control of his work against powerful international forces, and caught in the middle, Lucia is swept into that battle . . . &ldquo;A terrific novel, ripping a path from today&rsquo;s headlines to tomorrow&rsquo;s realities.&rdquo; &mdash;Robert J. Sawyer, Nebula Award&ndash;winning author</div>

The Veiled Web

<div>Following her heart, she left Earth behind&mdash;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&rsquo;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. Althor comes from a race of rare psions whose abilities are vital to the survival of humanity, making him coveted by three interstellar civilizations. His enemies sabotaged his starfighter and never expected him to return. Now he faces betrayals from every side. He and Tina become the targets of a merciless enemy who thrives on pain&mdash;and who will do anything to destroy the budding alliance between Althor&rsquo;s people and Tina&rsquo;s Earth . . . The completion of the thrilling interstellar adventure that began with Earthborn. Praise for Lightning Strike &ldquo;From the L.A. barrios to the universe! Excellent.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune &ldquo;A truly masterful accomplishment of world-building, an example of consummate craftsmanship and an impeccable feel for the technical and social possibilities that lie ahead of us. Hard science fiction fans can rejoice&mdash;the next superstar is here.&rdquo; &mdash;Romantic Times </div>

Starborn

<div>A two-part adventure of time travel, romance, and interstellar intrigue that takes you &ldquo;from the L.A. barrios to the universe! Excellent&rdquo; (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&rsquo;s never understood why&mdash;until a bizarre meeting gives her a one-of-a-kind connection to a soldier from the future. Their connection will transcend both time and space&mdash;and the future of both their worlds depends on it . . . Earthborn Tina knows the strange man on the street must be lost, but she can&rsquo;t imagine just how far he is from home. Althor, an Imperial Space Command pilot, left his planet in 2328 to attend a reception in Washington DC&mdash;and somehow ended up in 1987 Los Angeles. When the military captures his starfighter, he and Tina race to recover the ship before it detonates&mdash;and takes a large swath of California with it . . . Starborn Following her heart, Tina leaves Earth behind when she travels to a future universe with starfighter pilot Althor. But the more she learns about his powerful, telepathic family, the more she realizes how much danger they&rsquo;re in, as a merciless enemy targets the newlywed couple in a treasonous plan to conquer human civilization. Praise for Lightning Strike &ldquo;A space adventure for the twenty-first century.&rdquo; &mdash;Nancy Kress, Hugo and Nebula Award&ndash;winning author &ldquo;A truly masterful accomplishment of world-building, an example of consummate craftsmanship and an impeccable feel for the technical and social possibilities that lie ahead of us. Hard science fiction fans can rejoice&mdash;the next superstar is here.&rdquo; &mdash;Romantic Times </div>

<div>From a Mayan village to an L.A. barrio to a chance to reach the stars . . . Part One of &ldquo;a space adventure for the twenty-first century&rdquo; (Nancy Kress, Hugo and Nebula Award&ndash;winning author). Not much surprises waitress Tina Santis Pulivok on the streets of East LA&mdash;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 who&rsquo;s into role-playing games. Until his mind reaches out to hers . . . Althor is definitively in the wrong place at the wrong time. An Imperial Space Command pilot, he was headed to a reception in Washington DC and somehow ended up here, though he&rsquo;s not quite sure where here is. As Tina helps Althor get his bearings, they realize he&rsquo;s in more trouble than he thought. He left his home base in 2328&mdash;and now it&rsquo;s 1987. At least he still has his starfighter, shrouded and in orbit above the Earth. But when the military gets their hands on the ship, he and Tina must race to reclaim it before it detonates itself&mdash;taking a huge chunk of California along with it . . . Praise for Lightning Strike &ldquo;From the L.A. barrios to the universe! Excellent.&rdquo; &mdash;The San Diego Union-Tribune &ldquo;A truly masterful accomplishment of world-building, an example of consummate craftsmanship and an impeccable feel for the technical and social possibilities that lie ahead of us. Hard science fiction fans can rejoice&mdash;the next superstar is here.&rdquo; &mdash;Romantic Times </div>

Earthborn

<div>Winner of the Nebula Award, this science fiction adventure &ldquo;features sound characterization, straightforward plotting, abundant world building detail, and almost as much humor&rdquo; (Booklist). As the young ruler of a destitute province burdened by obsolete technology, Kamoj Argali must marry to save her people from starvation. She has managed to make peace with her betrothal to the arrogant leader of a wealthy neighboring province. Then Havyrl Lionstar, a mysterious visitor to their land, steps in to claim Kamoj as his wife, sowing chaos in their lives. In this science fictional retelling of a classic folk tale, Havryl appears as a beast to Kamoj&rsquo;s people. But what is the truth behind his strange, erratic behavior? In dealing with the upheavals he brings to their world, Kamoj discovers that the universe is much larger than she ever understood. This new edition contains a revised, expanded version of the essay that appeared in the original book, in which Catherine Asaro explains how she found inspiration for The Quantum Rose while earning her doctorate at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, where she studied the quantum theory of scattering processes. &ldquo;A freestanding page-turner as a romance, with a hard science fiction framework.&rdquo; &mdash;Publishers Weekly &ldquo;Bolsters [Asaro&rsquo;s] reputation for skillfully putting classic romance elements in an sf setting.&rdquo; &mdash;Booklist &ldquo;Fans of futuristic romance will revel in the delights of a top notch romantic adventure set against an impeccably crafted, richly imagined background.&rdquo; &mdash;Romantic Times &ldquo;Sturdy and absorbing.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews &ldquo;Asaro plants herself firmly into that grand SF tradition of future history franchises favored by luminaries like Heinlen, Asimov, Herbert, Anderson, Dickson, Niven, Cherryh, and BaxterBaxter.&rdquo; &mdash;Paul Di Filippo, Locus </div>

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Books By Catherine Asaro (10 Books)

The Spacetime Pool

Primary Inversion

The Last Hawk

Lightning Strike

The Phoenix Code

The Veiled Web

Starborn

Lightning Strike

Earthborn

The Quantum Rose

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