Undercity
Catherine Asaro
Baen, Dec 2 2014, $15.00
ISBN: 9781476736921
Book One: “City of Cries.”
On Raylicon, Bhaajan was a “dust
rat” barely surviving in the Undercity ghetto beneath Cries until as a teen she
did the unthinkable and left to join the Skolian Empire’s military. After a stint as an officer with the Imperial Space Command Bhaajan, she became a
private investigator; recently hired by the royal House of Majda rulers to
search and rescue missing Prince Dayjarind Majda lost in the Undercity aqueducts.
Book Two: “Beneath The Vanished
Sea.” Bhaajan’s efforts to bring
the prince safely back to Cries leads her to learning of an illegal operation
to sell weapons to the enemy Eubian Concord Space Command who killed two
billion innocent without blinking. However,
when the smuggled cargo vanished, Colonel Lavinda Majda gives Bhaajan three
days to retrieve it or else the military will invade the Undercity.
Book Three: “The Phorine War.”
Bhaajan learns from her friend Jak, owner of the Black Mark, that
Commander Braze is selling arms to local gangs and giving away node-bliss known
as phorine above ground to Undercity residents.
The former major informs Lavinda of the illegal sales and that a gang
war is imminent. She asks Colonel Majda
to protect the innocent, but not intercede in the battle; while she also learns
why the distribution of free Phorine.
These three Skolian Empire early historical science fictions are
fascinating novellas as Catherine Asaro provides her fans with a discerning glimpse
into the pride of those residing in a squalid slum out of sight (so out of
mind) from the affluent mainstream.
Although resolutions seem too easy, saga fans will relish these
entertaining early twenty-third century AD thrillers that focus on Bhaajan’s
rise to a position of influence.
Harriet Klausner
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