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Review "Asaro, who's a physicist, offers an intelligent exploration of possible links between telepathy and quantum physics and informs many of the scenes between the lovers with power and tenderness."-- "Publishers Weekly""In this sensual tale of telepathy and love between Mayan descendants of different worlds and times, Asaro continues to develop the Skolian culture. Recommended."-- "Library Journal""Once again, Fields brings her formidable narration skills to a story of adventure and political intrigue...Fields creates clear pictures of a variety of characters with a range of motives, including 'bionic' humans and computers whose artificial intelligence gives them more personality than some of the people."-- "AudioFile" Product Description When a young girl from Earth falls in love with a handsome stranger, she becomes a pawn in an interstellar war.In the distant future, the Skolian Empire rules one third of the human galaxy, and is the most powerful of all. For the ruling family has the power of telepathy, and through it, the ability to communicate faster than light, across interstellar space. But their most determined enemy, the traders, who thrive on human pain, need to interbreed with a Skolian to gain their powers. And now they have her.Full of action, adventure, space and time travel, and romance, this second installment in Catherine Asaro's saga of the Skolian Empire is a gripping tale. About the Author 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.Anna Fields(1965-2006), winner of more than a dozen Earphones Awards and the prestigious Audie Award in 2004, was one of the most respected narrators in the industry. Trained at the Actors Theatre of Louisville, she was also a director, producer, and technician at her own studio, Cedar House Audio. From AudioFile The continuation of the Skolian Empire series features a young Californian girl who befriends a representative from a parallel universe who has stumbled briefly into her world. Anna Fields creates clear pictures of a variety of characters with a range of motives, including "bionic" humans and computers whose artificial intelligence gives them more personality than some of the people. She moves easily between them, at the same time giving them distinct voices. Once again, Fields brings her formidable narration skills to a story of adventure and political intrigue. J.E.M. 2003 Audie Award Finalist © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine