- Hardcover: 463 pages
- Publisher: St Martin's Press (19 Aug 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 031286714X
- ISBN-13: 978-0312867140
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.7 x 4.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 3,214,375 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Asaro takes care to choreograph the major confrontations for maximum clarity and excitement. The novel also contains a good deal of speculation about cybernetics and faster-than-light physics.... The denouement makes it clear that Primary Inversion can only be the first novel of a series, a discovery that should please most fans of tough-minded space adventure." --"San Francisco Chronicle"
"Impressive new novel...The science fictional concepts are both elegant and piquant, and the storytelling is absolutely brilliant." --"Romantic Times "(4-1/2 out of 5 stars)
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"Impressive new novel...The science fictional concepts are both elegant and piquant, and the storytelling is absolutely brilliant." --"Romantic Times "(4-1/2 out of 5 stars)
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Catherine Asaro's novels showcase her unique ability to weave a fine web of adventure, hard science and romance.
The Radiant Seas continues the story begun in Primary Inversion, the tale of Sauscony and Jaibriol, each the heir to an interstellar empire, as their lives become entangled again in the machinations of the Skolian Empire. As they begin to pick up what's left of their lives, the fate of much of the known universe comes to rest on the shoulders of their fragile young family. Interstellar war erupts and Jaibriol is snatched away to become the unwilling ruler of the Highton Aristos. Sauscony must lead an invading space fleet to rescue Jaibriol from his own empire -- without revealing that they are married.
The Radiant Seas is an ambitious romantic epic that will further establish Catherine Asaro as a new force in the sf field.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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The scene in which Soz returns from exile to wreck her revenge on the Trader empire HAS to be made into a movie. Half throwback to the Ruby empresses, half cyborg war machine; Soz is totally human and (hard to believe) a strong woman that loves men! Love doesn't conquer all; Soz conquers all in the name of love! Believable science: we are all familiar with particle beams; only Asaro tells how they are created. Everyone has FLT, Asaro uses her own theory (as published in a journal of physics) to bend space. Psi WITH an organic explanation! Oh, and space battles with microsecond timing and lots of explosions. Romance that doesn't make you barf and hard SF that works. If there is a New Renaissance coming, it follows on Asaro's heels.
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The rivalry between the two great intersteller empires (the Skoalian Empire and the Traders Empire) remains ugly. However, as nasty as that competition for control of the galaxy might be, it cannot stop the love between the Skoalian heir Sauscony and her spouse, Trader Heir Jaibriol. Still, the pair are forced to go into hiding in order to stay together.
However, their idyllic world abruptly changes when Jaibriol's father dies and his widow abducts the heir to use as her front while she rules the Highland Aristos segment of the Traders Empire. Somehow Sauscony and their children must rescue her beloved husband from his own people while leaving everyone clueless about their true relationship.
THE RADIANT SEAS is a radiant speculative fiction that picks up the action from the well written PRIMARY INVERSION. At first glimpse the story line that mirrors "Romeo and Juliet" in outer space might seem light years far fetched, but in the capable hands of Catherine Asaro, the plot turns into a non-stop, interstellar thriller. The universe feels real due to the depth of background material and the characters, especially the two heirs, feel genuine. Ms. Asaro has sky-rocketed towards the inner sanctum of the great sub-genre writers.
Harriet Klausner
Format:Hardcover
This was especially disappointing after THE LAST HAWK, which featured interesting science and history and culture building and characters. In this book, too many of the gorgeous characters (and everyone is simply gorgeous)tell each other what they already know. It's too scattered, too paint-by-numbers, right down to the bad, bold, beautiful Empress. At least we didn't have to see HER torture sessions or kinky sex. Nobody had any personality, not even Soz, who was so engaging in the first book. I hope Asaro's next is a linear tale, a form she does best.
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I have liked Asaro's combination of hard SF with a touch of romance. She doesn't let me down in her here. Read more
Published on 23 Feb 1999
Another terrific read from Catherine Asaro.
Building on her three previous Skolian empire books, Asaro has produced a new story that is epic in scope, yet maintains a firm grasp on the human realities and dilemmas of her... Read more
Published on 27 Dec 1998
A fantastic book in a terrific series
The rivalry between the two great intersteller empires (the Skoalian Empire and the Traders Empire) remains ugly. Read more
Published on 25 Nov 1998
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