Catherine Asaro
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A collection that includes the Nebula Award–winning titular novella and "Light and Shadow," the story that begins the Saga of the Skolian Empire series.
In "The Spacetime Pool," recent MIT grad Janelle Aulair is hiking through the Great Smoky Mountains when a man appears out of nowhere to request her help. Shaken by his impossible appearance, she steps away-and falls through a portal onto a beach in another universe.
That's when Dominick,...
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A two-part adventure of time travel, romance, and interstellar intrigue that takes you "from the L.A. barrios to the universe! Excellent" (The San Diego Union-Tribune).
Born in Mexico but living in East LA much of her young life, Tina Santis Pulivok has always felt different from her friends and family. Her mind picks up the moods of others, but she's never understood why-until a bizarre meeting gives her a one-of-a-kind connection to a...
3) Starborn
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Following her heart, she left Earth behind-and now only she can save it . . .
Tina Santis Pulivok never thought anyone would make sense of the strange way her mind could become saturated with other people's moods. But then she met Althor, an empathic starfighter pilot from hundreds of years in the future. As their love grows, she leaves her Earth to join his universe where she has no ties except to Althor and their vulnerable marriage.
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4) Earthborn
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From a Mayan village to an L.A. barrio to a chance to reach the stars . . . Part One of "a space adventure for the twenty-first century" (Nancy Kress, Hugo and Nebula Award–winning author).
Not much surprises waitress Tina Santis Pulivok on the streets of East LA-until the night when, on her way home from her waitressing job, she meets a man working on a strange, glowing box. Still, she thinks he must be one of those Caltech students...