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Radiant Seas - Catherine Asaro Book Review

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Review Summary
Radiant Seas continues the story of Sauscony and Jaibriol, their children, and the Ruby dynasty. The first half of the book explains the events leading up to the Radiance War, with Soz and Jaibriol's exile and the death of the Imperator. Once Jaibriol is kidnapped, Soz pursues the position of Imperator and all-out war to rescue her husband and brother from the Traders.
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Plot
Tone of book - very upbeat
FANTASY or SCIENCE FICTION? - science fiction story
Explore/1st contact/ enviro story Yes
Plotlets: - stranded on alien planet, fighting aliens to survive
Political power play Yes
Political plotlets - saving govt/kingdom from external overthrow - preventing/managing clash/war between govts/kingdoms
Mental/magical powers focus Yes
magical powers: - Jedi powers
War or Invasion Yes
Major kinds of combat: - spaceship battles
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - fighter (air/space) pilot
Age: - long lived adults
Has magical/special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main character: - mind reading - can read emotions
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - an entire race
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.

Setting
Spaceship setting: - futuristic human warship - really, really giant spaceship/station - one or two man fighter/scoutship
A substantial portion of this book takes place on a non-Earth planetary body: - humans in a futuristic society - empty, or nearly empty world
Planet outside solar system? Yes
Takes place in spaceship? Yes

Style
Person? - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
scientific jargon? (SF only) - a lot of techical jargon
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references only - descript of kissing - major character becomes a sex slave - rape/molest (yeech!)
How much dialogue? - significantly more descript than dialog
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