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OverviewSkyfall takes us back to the start of the newest generation of the Skolian Empire, showing us how it all began with a chance meeting on a backwater planet. Kurj, a provincial ruler on a primitive planet, is plagued by inner demons. When he meets Roca, a beautiful and mysterious woman from the stars, he whisks her away to his mountain retreat. But a chance storm strands them in the mountains, inadvertently causing a great interstellar war, and birthing the next generation of rulers for the Skolian Empire. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Catherine AsaroPublisher: St Martin's Press Imprint: Tor Books Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.40cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.163kg ISBN: 9780765345578ISBN 10: 0765345579 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 01 October 2004 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsIntrigue, drama and romance converge in Nebula winner Asaro''s enthralling stand-alone that fills in the early history of the empire. """Intrigue, drama and romance converge in Nebula winner Asaro''s enthralling stand-alone that fills in the early history of the empire.""" Author Information"Catherine Asaro was born in Oakland, California and grew up in El Cerrito, just north of Berkeley. She received her Phd in Chemical Physics and MA in Physics, both from Harvard, and a BS with Highest Honors in Chemistry from UCLA. Among the places she has done research are the University of Toronto in Canada, the Max Planck Institut fur Astrophysik in Germany, and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Her research involves using quantum theory to describe the behavior of atoms and molecules. Catherine was a physics professor until 1990, when she established Molecudyne Research, which she currently runs. A former ballerina, Catherine has performed with ballets and in musicals on both coasts and in Ohio. In the 1980s she was a principal dancer and artistic director of the Mainly Jazz Dancers and the Harvard University Ballet. Catherine still teaches ballet in Maryland. Catherine's fiction is a successful blend of hard science fiction, romance, and exciting space adventure. She has published more than ten novels, almost all of which belong to her ""Saga of the Skolian Empire,"" including ""The Quantum Rose,"" which won the Nebula Award for best novel of 2001 Her husband is John Kendall Cannizzo, an astrophysicist at NASA. They have one daughter, a young ballet dancer who loves math.""" Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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