The Quantum Rose

Catherine Asaro

Feb 2002 · Tor Books

About this ebook

From the author of Ascendant Sun, the Saga of the Skolian Empire continues in this Nebula Award-Winning Novel.

Kamoj Argali is the young ruler of an impoverished province on a backward planet. To keep her people from starving, she has agreed to marry Jax Ironbridge, the boorish and brutal ruler of a prosperous province. But before Argali and Ironbridge are wed, a mysterious stranger from a distant planet sweeps in and forces Kamoj into marriage, throwing her world into utter chaos.

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About the author

Catherine Asaro received a doctorate in physics from Harvard University, has published a number of papers on theoretical physics and was a physics professor until 1990, when she established Molecudyne Research. She is best known for her Saga of the Skolian Empire, which begins with Primary Inversion and includes the Nebula Award-winning The Quantum Rose. A former ballerina, she has performed with ballets and in musicals on both coasts. She lives with her husband and daughter in Columbia, Maryland.