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A review by alesia_charles
Undercity by Catherine Asaro
4.0
Excellent space opera, and a nice change of pace from Asaro's previous work, which focused on Imperial scions as the main characters. I read a number of those earlier novels years ago, and frankly got bored with the princes and politics and so forth. Major Bhaajan, however, is just a retired military police officer with an interesting past.
Asaro is still a bit heavy-handed with her themes, but I feel the whole Skolian Empire idea benefits from a lower-level perspective on things. Here's hoping that this new series continues to stay fresh and avoid most of those rarified levels of politics and war that I got tired of before!
Asaro is still a bit heavy-handed with her themes, but I feel the whole Skolian Empire idea benefits from a lower-level perspective on things. Here's hoping that this new series continues to stay fresh and avoid most of those rarified levels of politics and war that I got tired of before!