Carnelians

Name: Carnelians
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Catherine Asaro
ISBN: 9781464036095

Author: Catherine Asaro

Series: Saga of the Skolian Empire #14

Narrator: Suzanne Toren

Unabridged: 16 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 06/29/2012

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction

Synopsis

Revered SF novelist Catherine Asaro has twice won the coveted Nebula Award. In Carnelians, the Eubian empire and Skolian Imperialate have forged a peace treaty. But when an explosive pop anthem sweeps across the civilizations, unrest breaks out, and renewed warfare threatens to shatter the fragile peace. "Asaro's Skolian saga is now nearly as long and in many ways as compelling as Dune, if not more so."-Booklist

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 Kelly

‘Carnelians’ is the fourteenth novel in Catherine Asaro’s popular Skolian Saga. The saga and the characters populating this unique universe have evolved substantially since Catherine Asaro published the first novelette in 1994. The two warring empires, however, the Skolians and the Eubians, still ha......more

Goodreads review by Lois

This is repetitive and has too much overlap with the last 2 books. I'm sick of hearing about Del's song, yawn and the durn quis game. Only saving grace is gorgeous scene towards end, won't spoil. Otherwise this is mostly a really long and repetitive short story. Finish the series and stop dragging thi......more

Goodreads review by Elar

(Currently) last book in the series finds pretty decent end to conflict between 3 different human factions, same time leaving us in the dark of small hidden colony which consist of people presumed dead. Only downside is that this pattern of self-doubting abused brilliant people who finds his/her cou......more