Saga of the Skolian Empire: Primary Inversion (Series #1) (CD-Audio)

from Kali.Lightfoot

I liked this a little more than 3 stars and a little less than 4. I found it to be an oddly riveting blend of fascinating speculative science and melodramatic romance. Sort of astrophysics meets bodice ripper. I want to read more of them, so I guess that says something.

from Karlstar

This is the 'first' of the Skolian Empire series, though a later book goes back in time to tell earlier parts of the story. The idea of a communications 'net' powered part by computer and part by telepathic minds is interesting, though it relies on magical technology from some other civilization ...

from raschneid

A confident beach read of a SF novel. Asaro's reputation, at least as I understood it, is for compelling hard SF in a space opera package. I definitely did not expect the fluffy paranormal romance! The characters aren't complex here, and the dialogue is pretty weak, but Asaro does get props for ...

from rivkat

In a universe split between the sadistic empath-torturing Traders and the empath/telepaths running the Ruby Empire, a battle-scarred Ruby heir comes across the Trader emperor's greatest secret-his sheltered, empath son. If you want a reversal of the jaded billionaire boy/naïve girl trope, here it...

from csayban

A fantastic read. An amazing blend of science fiction and romance where the story balances out both expertly. It was a groundbreaking enough story that I have read every sincle Skolian Empire novel Asaro has written since...and not been disappointed.