{"product_id":"9781476736921","title":"Undercity","description":"\u003cb\u003eBOOK ONE IN A BRAND NEW SERIES by Nebula and Hugo Award Winner Catherine Asaro set in the world of her Skolian Empire universe.  In the galaxy-spanning future, Major Bhaajan is a tough female P.I. who works the dangerous streets of Undercity.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMajor Bhaajan, a former military officer with Imperial Space Command, is now a hard-bitten P.I. with a load of baggage to deal with, and clients with woes sometimes personal, sometimes galaxy-shattering, and sometimes both. Bhaajan must sift through the shadows of dark and dangerous Undercity-the enormous capital of a vast star empire-to find answers.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout \u003ci\u003eUndercity\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Asaro plants herself firmly into that grand SF tradition of future history franchises favored by luminaries like Heinlein, Asimov, Herbert, Anderson, Dickson, Niven, Cherryh, and Baxter. . .They don't write em like that anymore! Except Asaro does, with . . . up-to-the-minute savvy!\"\u003ci\u003e-Locus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"[Bhaajan], who starts out keeping an emotional distance from the people in the Undercity soon grows to think of them as her community once more. Asaro . . . returns to the Skolian empire's early history to tell Bhajaan's story.\"\u003ci\u003e-Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Asaro delivers a tale rich with the embedded history of her world and bright with technical marvels. Her characters are engaging and intriguing and there is even a bit of romance. What really touched my heart was Bhaaj's interaction with the children of the aqueducts. I spent the last fifty pages of the book sniffling into a tissue.\"\u003ci\u003e-SF Crowsnet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"I'm hooked, both on her writing and her Skolian universe. This book had everything I wanted: strong characters, a new and unique world, and a plot that isn't as simple as it first appears.\"\u003ci\u003e-TerryTalk\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout Catherine Asaro's Skolian saga:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Entertaining mix of hard SF and romance.\"\u003ci\u003e-Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\"\u003c\/i\u003eAsaro's Skolian saga is now nearly as long and in many ways as compelling as Dune, if not more so, featuring a multitude of stronger female characters.\"\u003ci\u003e-Booklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Rapid pacing and gripping suspense.\"\u003ci\u003e-Publisher's Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Baen","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42416890576957,"sku":"9781476736921","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0603\/0838\/9949\/files\/9781476736921_p0.jpg?v=1771566339","url":"https:\/\/www.tatteredcover.mom\/products\/9781476736921","provider":"Tattered Cover","version":"1.0","type":"link"}