Bronze Skies

Name: Bronze Skies
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Catherine Asaro
ISBN: 9781980002123

Author: Catherine Asaro

Series: Major Bhaajan #2

Narrator: Morgan Hallett

Unabridged: 13 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/24/2018

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

TOUGH FEMALE P.I. EXPLORING THE UNDERWORLD OF A VAST STAR EMPIRE. Book two in a new series set in the world of Catherine Asaro's Skolian Empire series. Major Bhaajan achieved the impossible. Born to the Undercity, the slums below the City of Cries on the planet Raylicon, she broke free from crushing poverty and crime to become a military officer with Imperial Space Command. Now retired from military duty, she walks the mean streets of Undercity as a private investigator. And she is about to embark on her most challenging case yet. Summoned by no less than the Ruby Pharaoh herself, Major Bhaajan is tasked with finding a killer. But this is no ordinary murderer. The Ruby Pharaoh witnessed a Jagernaut cut down Assembly Councilor Tap Benton-which shouldn't have been possible. The Jagernauts are the elite of the elite soldiers in the Imperial Space Command. What's more, the spinal node implanted in all Jagernauts should have prevented the murder. But the Ruby Pharaoh is sure of what she saw, and she has reason to believe that the Jagernaut will kill again. Now, Major Bhaajan must hunt down a killer before it is too late. To do so, she must return to the one place on Raylicon she knows best: Undercity.

About Catherine Asaro

Catherine Asaro, science fiction and fantasy author, grew up near Berkeley, California. She earned a PhD in chemical physics and an MA in physics, both from Harvard, and a BS with highest honors in chemistry from UCLA. The Quantum RoseÂ won the 2001 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and The Spacetime Pool won the 2008 Nebula Award for Best Novella.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Sable on May 17, 2018

Read for the Women of Genre Fiction Reading Challenge, the Read the Sequel Challenge, and the Space Opera Challenge. I have a great story to tell about this book before I can offer the review. I was putting together a panel on Speculative Romance for a show I'm doing for the SFWA YouTube channel, call......more

Goodreads review by Clarence on April 20, 2022

Superior sequel to Undercity expands on an deepens the mythology cemented in the first Major Bhaajan book. The Bronze Skies has everything you want from Asaro's Skolian Empire novels: lots of action and cool tech, a little hard SF and a little romance mixed together. Entertaining and thoughtful.......more

Goodreads review by J.L. on September 30, 2017

After I finished this novel, staying up until past midnight on a work night, I posted a complaint on Facebook. Not about this novel, but about how I had over 100 more books on my "to be read" shelf, but all I really wanted to do is go back and re-read everything else in Catherine Asaro's Skolian Emp......more

Goodreads review by Kathy on April 22, 2024

Major Bhaajan has a new case and the stakes couldn't be higher. A Jagernaut killed a man with the Ruby Pharoah as a witness. This is almost an impossible crime because the Jagernauts have EI (Evolving Intelligence) nodes in their spine which should prevent that. Now the Jagernaut has run to the Unde......more

Goodreads review by Beth on May 26, 2023

I have a special fondness for the blunt protagonists of Asaro's Skolian empire, especially when the women give hints of the vestiges of sexism inherent in their culture (or more than hints, in the aristocratic families). Bhaaj especially is a lot of fun, and I hope there are more books for her. 2023......more