The Quantum Rose
Catherine Asaro's popular saga of the Skolian Empire continues with the story of a young noblewoman, Kamoj Quanta Argali, who governs an impoverished province on a backward planet. To keep her people from starving, she has agreed to marry Jax Ironbridge, who rules the prosperous Ironbridge...
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Catherine Asaro's popular saga of the Skolian Empire continues with the story of a young noblewoman, Kamoj Quanta Argali, who governs an impoverished province on a backward planet. To keep her people from starving, she has agreed to marry Jax Ironbridge, who rules the prosperous Ironbridge province. But before they can be wed, Kamoj is forced into marriage with a mysterious stranger from a distant star.This novel was serialized in Analog.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780312890629 (0312890621)
Publish date: December 1st 2000
Publisher: Tor Books
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Series: Saga of the Skolian Empire (#6)
In no real way is this a hard SF book, it's a romance with SF elements. Kamoj Quanta Argali is the young ruler of an impoverished province on a forgotten earth colony. Her people had been adapted to the planet and had survived. Now they're discovered by one of the factions of the galaxy and she ...
A space opera/romance. The world-building is interesting & reminds me of CJ Cherryh, and the reference/allusion to physics is nice & clever, though I sort of wonder why they would present quantum physics in the same way as we do if they develop all their science independently.
For a Nebula winner this one was a little thin, though there were interesting gender and genetics issues raised. I'd probably give another of her book in this series a chance.
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