Skyfall (Saga of the Skolian Empire)
Catherine Asaro
Language: English
Pages: 336
ISBN: 0765345579
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
The Birth of an Empire
Skyfall goes back to the very roots of Skolia, showing how a chance meeting on a backwater planet forges a vast interstellar empire. Eldrinson, a provincial ruler on a primitive planet, is plagued by inner demons. But when he meets Roca, a beautiful and mysterious woman from the stars, he whisks her away to his mountain retreat, inadvertently starting a great interstellar war, and birthing the next generation of rulers for the Skolian Empire.
Eine Handvoll Ewigkeit (Perry Rhodan Neo, Band 52; Arkon, Band 4)
Schlacht um Arkon (Perry Rhodan Neo, Band 121; Arkons Ende, Band 1)
Fels der Einsamkeit (Perry Rhodan Silberbände, Band 125; Die Kosmische Hanse, Band 7)
Legion of the Damned (Legion, Book 1)
of her trance. Dismayed, she realized she had walked out of the house. The riders jolted into motion again, spurred by his shout, rearing their animals as they added their own yells to the din. In her sensitized state, she reeled under the onslaught of noise and emotions. She stumbled back, confused, but she went off somehow and missed the doorway, backing into the wall instead. “Jeri!” Brad’s shout came through the din. “Over here!” Roca saw him in the doorway a few meters away. She edged
people about this rediscovered colony. It occurred to her that Eldri must have developed his fluency in English in only three years. Or less. “How speak you English so well?” “I listen to Brad, the Reversed-Bard.” He laughed at his joke. “I listen to many. For years. I not speak like you.” “Why do you ask how I know things? I just do.” Softly she said, “Psion pick up language fast.” “Psion? I don’t know this word.” “Empath. Telepath.” “I don’t know those, either.” “Empath feel emotions.
“Your humility astonishes me.” “Ah, but it is an honor to kiss the Bard…” His voice trailed off as he brought his lips to hers. Roca fully intended to push him away. But somehow instead she put her arms around his neck and molded her body against his. As his embrace tightened, his kiss became more urgent and his hands wandered to her breasts. Nudging her backward, he stretched her out on the cushioned bench and lay on top of her. Roca turned her head to the side. “I’m crazy,” she muttered.
When he uncovered it, puffs of blue condensation rose into his face. He drank with steam wreathing his cheeks, and Roca watched from outside the circle, shivering, her hands scrunched in her pockets. Suddenly he lowered the jug and looked over the heads of the people around him. Catching sight of Roca, he motioned her over. As everyone turned, she came forward, self-conscious, aware of their guarded responses to her. When she reached Eldri, he hugged her against his side with undisguised
more.” At first Brad looked as if he would caution against interfering. Then he stood next to her. As they approached the table, Garlin glanced up and frowned at them. Following his gaze, Eldri looked too. Roca stopped at the table. “We would like to help.” “This concerns Windward,” Garlin said. “Not you.” “We are here, also,” Roca answered. He waved his hand at the room full of people. “So are they. I do not see them interrupting us.” “We have knowledge they don’t.” Garlin scowled at her.
