Ascendant Sun: Book 5 Skolian Empire by Catherine Asaro
Ascendant Sun: Book 5 Skolian Empire by Catherine Asaro
This novel picks up where The Last Hawk left off in the story of Kelric. I like Kelric, he is an interesting and complex character. He is large and sweet and very cute and sexy-my kind of man. Kelric has escaped from Coba leaving behind his wives and children. He returns to a Skolia in ruins. The Skolian Empire is fractured and Kelric decides not to announce his return. His sister, Soz-the last Imperator of Skolia-has just perished in her fight with the Eubian Emporer Jaibriol II taking him with her into death. Now Kelric is the new Imperator of Skolia, if he can only find his way to the Skolians to let them know. He gets stuck on Delos and decides to find out what he can about the state of affairs between Skolia, Eube and the Allieds before allowing the powers that be to know who he really is. He ends up working as a part of a crew in Eubian Territory and being captured and sold as a “provider”. This novel introduces Tanquil Iquar as a character as well as the concept of Eubians who no longer wish to “transcend” through the pain of their providers. Ultimately Kelric escapes from his Eubian owner-who he likes more than he should and falls in love with one of his recuers. He is also dying, after his years on Coba his system was already denigrated and badly in need of repairs he could not afford in the new Skolia regime. I like Kelric and his stories seem to follow a theme with him as the prize being fought over by powerful women with lots of political power.
Not my favorite book in the series nor the best book, but well placed in the series.
This novel picks up where The Last Hawk left off in the story of Kelric. I like Kelric, he is an interesting and complex character. He is large and sweet and very cute and sexy-my kind of man. Kelric has escaped from Coba leaving behind his wives and children. He returns to a Skolia in ruins. The Skolian Empire is fractured and Kelric decides not to announce his return. His sister, Soz-the last Imperator of Skolia-has just perished in her fight with the Eubian Emporer Jaibriol II taking him with her into death. Now Kelric is the new Imperator of Skolia, if he can only find his way to the Skolians to let them know. He gets stuck on Delos and decides to find out what he can about the state of affairs between Skolia, Eube and the Allieds before allowing the powers that be to know who he really is. He ends up working as a part of a crew in Eubian Territory and being captured and sold as a “provider”. This novel introduces Tanquil Iquar as a character as well as the concept of Eubians who no longer wish to “transcend” through the pain of their providers. Ultimately Kelric escapes from his Eubian owner-who he likes more than he should and falls in love with one of his recuers. He is also dying, after his years on Coba his system was already denigrated and badly in need of repairs he could not afford in the new Skolia regime. I like Kelric and his stories seem to follow a theme with him as the prize being fought over by powerful women with lots of political power.
Not my favorite book in the series nor the best book, but well placed in the series.
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