Undercity, Catherine Asaro
Undercity, Catherine Asaro
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Undercity

Author: Catherine Asaro

Narrator: Morgan Hallett

Unabridged: 10 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 01/23/2015


Synopsis

BOOK ONE IN A BRAND NEW SERIES by Nebula and Hugo Award Winner Catherine Asaro set in the world of her Skolian Empire universe. In the galaxy-spanning future, Major Bhaajan is a tough female P.I. who works the dangerous streets of Undercity. Major Bhaajan, a former military officer with Imperial Space Command, is now a hard-bitten P.I. with a load of baggage to deal with, and clients with woes sometimes personal, sometimes galaxy-shattering, and sometimes both. Bhaajan must sift through the shadows of dark and dangerous Undercity-the enormous capital of a vast star empire-to find answers. "[Baahjan], who starts out keeping an emotional distance from the people in the Undercity soon grows to think of them as her community once more. Asaro . . . returns to the Skolian empire's early history to tell Bhajaan's story."-Booklist "Asaro delivers a tale rich with the embedded history of her world and bright with technical marvels. Her characters are engaging and intriguing and there is even a bit of romance. What really touched my heart was Bhaaj's interaction with the children of the aqueducts. I spent the last fifty pages of the book sniffling into a tissue."-SF Crowsnet "I'm hooked, both on her writing and her Skolian universe. This book had everything I wanted: strong characters, a new and unique world, and a plot that isn't as simple as it first appears."-TerryTalk

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 Rose won the 2001 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and The Spacetime Pool won the 2008 Nebula Award for Best Novella.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gary

Set at an early point in Asaro's Skolian Saga, soldier turned P.I. Bhaajan is hired by the royal house on Raylicon to find a missing prince and some missing weapons. Her investigation takes her back to the place she grew up, the shadowy "undercity", a society living in the dried up aqueducts under t......more

Goodreads review by Nathan

Fantasy Review Barn Holy messiah syndrome Batman! Diamond in the rough private investigator solves all her cases and then works on fixing the entire world. Carried out with all the subtly of a jackhammer. Major Bhaajan is a women who left poverty on her own and joined the military where she exceled.......more

Goodreads review by Mara

4 1/2 Books like Undercity are one of the reasons I joined Netgalley. That pure serendipity that lets you discover a gem. It's getting more and more difficult with e-retailers to discover something new. Their algorithms are made to sell, and we are more eager to buy what we know, rather than discover......more

Goodreads review by E.M.

Ah, the Skolian Empire! Where the women are all kick-ass, the men all gorgeous, the architecture stunning, the sexual tension thick, the politics complex, the psions fascinating, the enemies deliciously evil, the technology actually useful.... It's impossible to convey how fun Catherine Asaro's book......more