Undercity

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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 Undercitymdash;the enormous capital of a vast star empiremdash;to find answers. About Undercity: quot;Asaro plants herself firmly into that grand SF tradition of future history franchises favored by luminaries like Heinlein, Asimov, Herbert, Anderson, Dickson, Niven, Cherryh, and Baxter. . .They don#39;t write em like that anymore! Except Asaro does, with . . . up-to-the-minute savvy!quot;mdash;Locus quot;[Bhaajan], 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 early history to tell Bhajaan story.quot;mdash;Booklist quot;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 interaction with the children of the aqueducts. I spent the last fifty pages of the book sniffling into a tissue.quot;mdash;SF Crowsnet quot;I#39;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#39;t as simple as it first appears.quot;mdash;TerryTalk About Catherine Asaro Skolian saga: Entertaining mix of hard SF and romance. mdash;Publishers Weekly Asaro Skolian saga is now nearly as long and in many ways as compelling as Dune, if not more so, featuring a multitude of stronger female characters. mdash;Booklist Rapid pacing and gripping suspense. mdash;Publisher Weekly

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