The Down Deep, Catherine Asaro
The Down Deep, Catherine Asaro
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The Down Deep

Author: Catherine Asaro

Narrator: Morgan Hallett

Unabridged: 10 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 07/02/2024


Synopsis

DUST KNIGHTS: A NEW SERIES IN CATHERINE ASARO’S SKOLIAN EMPIRE

A CITY DIVIDED

For centuries The City of Cries—one of the most desired locales in the Skolian Imperialate—has existed by the thinnest of threads. On the dying world of Raylicon, the “haves” live in great luxury in Cries while the “havenots” scrape by, eking out a marginal existence in the notorious Undercity beneath the desert.

Major Bhaajan, formerly of the Pharaoh's Army, knows both worlds. Born into the Undercity, she nevertheless has made a name for herself in the Imperialate. And now, she has the chance to help her people.

HOPE FOR RECONCILIATION

For the first time, a member of the Royal class wants to extend an olive branch to the Undercity. Hoping to build bridges, Colonel Lavinda Majda recruits Bhaaj and her Dust Knights to act as guides and bodyguards on a mission of goodwill to those who live below the surface of their parched world.

THE DOWN DEEP

But the problems of the Undercity run deeper than anyone knows. To help find peace, the Dust Knights must reach the most hidden rungs in that mysterious underground world, a place known only as the Down Deep, where the scars from centuries of distrust are greatest. There they will face an unseen enemy that may destroy the lives of everyone they know—and threaten interstellar civilization.

About Catherine Asaro

Catherine Asaro, science fiction and fantasy author, grew up near Berkeley, California. She earned a PhD in chemical physics and an MA in physics, both from Harvard, and a BS with highest honors in chemistry from UCLA. The Quantum Rose won the 2001 Nebula Award for Best Novel, and The Spacetime Pool won the 2008 Nebula Award for Best Novella.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Kathy on July 03, 2024

THE DOWN DEEP continues the story of Major Bhaajan on the dying world of Raylicon in the Skolian Imperialate. Bhaaj came home from her career in the Pharoah's Army with the goal of helping her people who live in the impoverished Undercity beneath the City of Cries. After years of prejudice and negle......more

Goodreads review by Joseph on July 06, 2024

damn just wow … get writing Catherine Asaro we “need” more damn just wow … get writing Catherine Asaro we “need” more Well till new books are written I’ll just Read every book again … never thought I’d be reading romantic novels and hard sciences but here we are and —->> // high adventure // family d......more

Goodreads review by John on August 16, 2024

Facing the Epidemic This begins a new story arc for Major Bhaaj. The Down Deep is under the Undercity, and has the greatest source of Kyle mutants, critical to the Empire. A good story that further expands the world Asaro is building.......more

Goodreads review by Beth on February 08, 2025

I like a Bhaaj and her Undercity friends, especially Angel. The running team plot was a bit overshadowed by how intense the undercity stuff got, but I appreciated having it there. I’m ready for more.......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on September 06, 2024

I love this series. I love it for the characters and the world building. The Undercity is fascinating and so vibrant and full of culture and secrets. This particular book was a little different in the sense that it was slower and stationary. However, I loved the whole story line of one of the Mahjda......more