{"product_id":"9781429970440","title":"The Moon's Shadow","description":"\u003cp\u003eCatherine Asaro exploded on to the science fiction scene in 1995 with the publication of her widely acclaimed debut novel, \u003ci\u003ePrimary Inversion\u003c\/i\u003e, which introduced readers to the vast and intricate future Saga of the Skolian Empire. She won wide acclaim for her innovative blend of cutting-edge physics, interstellar intrigue, and passionate romance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e praised \u003ci\u003ePrimary Inversion\u003c\/i\u003e as \"an unusually masterful first novel combining hard speculative science and first-rate storytelling to look at the galaxy's distant future. This is one of the best SF first novels in years, a likely candidate for the genre's major awards.\" And \u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e called Catherine Asaro \"a formidable new talent. \u003ci\u003ePrimary Inversion\u003c\/i\u003e is a stunning, fast-paced novel of a future war between two human empires. Asaro's elegant scientific concepts of space and time play an exciting role in this absolutely nifty space drama.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsaro continued the saga of the Skolian Empire in six subsequent volumes - \u003ci\u003eCatch the Lightning, The Last Hawk, The Radiant Seas, Ascendant Sun, The Quantum Rose,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSpherical Harmonic\u003c\/i\u003e - gaining a legion of devoted readers and regularly garnering nominations for the field's highest awards, culminating in her winning the 2001 Nebula Award for Best Novel for \u003ci\u003eThe Quantum Rose\u003c\/i\u003e--in addition to winning the two most recent \u003ci\u003eRomantic Times\u003c\/i\u003e Awards for Best SF Novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Moon's Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e, Catherine Asaro begins a thrilling new chapter in this galaxy-spanning epic, as the titanic conflicts which have raged across the cosmos at last come to a climax.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the age of seventeen the young nobleman named Jaibriol Qox becomes ruler of a vast galactic empire - and loses everything he has ever valued.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn of a clandestine liaison between a renegade daughter of the Skolian Imperialate and a scion of the genetically engineered Eubian Traders, Jai Qox grew up in exile, unaware of the powers that coursed through his noble blood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the waning days of the bloody Radiance War that ravaged the galaxy, Jai was captured and returned to the Traders to play a role as a puppet Emperor in their scheme to consolidate their domination of space.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Jai must walk a razor's edge, to seize the power that is his by birthright without succumbing to its dark seduction and wield it for the good of all, and to avert a conflagration that threatens to engulf a thousand worlds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47122362335472,"sku":"9781429970440","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781429970440_p0.jpg?v=1763749959","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781429970440","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}