Play Audiobook Sample

Ascendant Sun Audiobook

Name: Ascendant Sun Audiobook
Brand: Blackstone Publishing
SKU: 3150
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3.01 (498 reviews)
Author: Catherine Asaro
ISBN: 9781483055596

By: Catherine Asaro

Play Audiobook Sample

FlexPass™ Price: ~~$12.95~~

$9.95 for new members!

(Includes UNLIMITED podcast listening)

Love your audiobook or we'll exchange it
No credits to manage, just big savings
Unlimited podcast listening

Add to Cart learn more

Regular Price: $22.95 Add to Cart

Read By: Anna Fields Publisher: Blackstone Publishing Listen Time: 12.00 hours at 1.0x Speed 8.00 hours at 1.5x Speed 6.00 hours at 2.0x Speed Series: The Saga of the Skolian Empire Series Release Date: June 2005 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781483055596

(3.01) - 498 listener ratings

Wishlist (add) Wishlist (remove) Share

More by Author More by Narrator Similar Audiobooks

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

Longest Chapter Length:

54:04 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

02:18 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

24:50 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

Other Audiobooks Written by Catherine Asaro: > View All...

Primary Inversion Audiobook, by Catherine Asaro

The Last Hawk Audiobook, by Catherine Asaro

The Radiant Seas Audiobook, by Catherine Asaro

The Quantum Rose Audiobook, by Catherine Asaro

The Ruby Dice Audiobook, by Catherine Asaro

Diamond Star: Including the song Diamond Star by Point Valid with Catherine Asaro Audiobook, by Catherine Asaro

Catch the Lightning Audiobook, by Catherine Asaro

Carnelians Audiobook, by Catherine Asaro

Spherical Harmonic Audiobook, by Catherine Asaro

The Moon’s Shadow Audiobook, by Catherine Asaro

Schism: Part One of Triad Audiobook, by Catherine Asaro

The Final Key: Part Two of Triad Audiobook, by Catherine Asaro

Sunrise Alley Audiobook, by Catherine Asaro

The Veiled Web Audiobook, by Catherine Asaro

Bronze Skies Audiobook, by Catherine Asaro

The Vanished Seas Audiobook, by Catherine Asaro

The Jigsaw Assassin Audiobook, by Catherine Asaro

Listeners Also Enjoyed:

The Final Key: Part Two of Triad Audiobook, by

Diamond Star: Including the song Diamond Star by Point Valid with Catherine Asaro Audiobook, by

Publisher Description

Ascendant Sun is the direct sequel to The Last Hawk, in which Kelric, heir to the Skolian Empire, crash landed his fighter on the Restricted planet of Coba and was imprisoned by the powerful mistresses of the great estates. After eighteen years of living in their gilded cage, Kelric finally made his escape.

Kelric returns to Skolian space, only to find the Empire in control of the Allied forces of Earth, thanks to the upheaval of the Radiance War. With little more than the clothes on his back and with his family imprisoned by the Allieds, Kelric is forced to take work on a merchant vessel. But when that vessel enters Euban space, Kelric finds his worst nightmare realized: he is auctioned as a slave "provider" to the cruel Aristos, who subject slaves to torture and sex as the ultimate aphrodesiac.

Download and start listening now!

"Hearing that Kelric was going to end up as a provider I kept thinking, hasn't the man suffered enough? I liked how everything ended up working but I so wanted him to realize that Jaibriol III is Saus's son."
— Stasha (4 out of 5 stars)

Quotes

“Series veterans will find this to be yet another fast-paced and pleasing entry in the Saga of the Skolian Empire.”
— Publishers Weekly
“Harvard-trained physicist Asaro continues to astound by straddling the SF and romance genres so adroitly, alternating between chin-rubbing speculations on quantum theory and blushingly steamy sex scenes.”
— Amazon.com, editorial review
“Anna Fields creates clear pictures of a variety of characters with a range of motives, including ‘bionic’ humans and computers whose artificial intelligence gives them more personality than some of the people. Once again, Fields brings her formidable narration skills to a story of adventure and political intrigue.”
— AudioFile

Ascendant Sun Listener Reviews

Overall Performance:

(3.56)

5 Stars: 3

4 Stars: 3

3 Stars: 1

2 Stars: 0

1 Stars: 2

Narration:

(0.00)

5 Stars: 0

4 Stars: 0

3 Stars: 0

2 Stars: 0

1 Stars: 0

Story:

(0.00)

5 Stars: 0

4 Stars: 0

3 Stars: 0

2 Stars: 0

1 Stars: 0

Sort reviews by: Write a Review

Overall Performance:
" Next novel that follows Kelric's escape and reunion with his family. Not quite as good as Last Hawk but definitely has some good points. "
— Becca, 9/20/2013
Overall Performance:
" Mills & Boon in Space with a smattering of hard physics. Should have stopped after the first novel, which was great. "
— Galalass, 4/18/2012
Overall Performance:
" a cheesy classic-scifi continuation of the Skolia series. Asaro's tone mixes square engineer-mathmatician scifi with would-be pulp romance to mixed effect "
— Matt, 6/21/2011
Overall Performance:
" Yay! More Skolian-Trader interaction. I definitely like this series more when they continue the main conflict. "
— Whitney, 9/17/2010
Overall Performance:
" fun and good character development, as usual for the author "
— Patrick, 6/30/2010
Overall Performance:
" Starts out okay, then rapidly devolves into a romance/soft porn novel. Improbable primary character/hero and waaaayy too much emotion. If this is the way all her novels are written, it is difficult to imagine how she could possibly have won a Nebula Award. "
— Richard, 3/18/2010
Overall Performance:
" fun and good character development, as usual for the author "
— Patrick, 6/17/2009
Overall Performance:
" "Super-Sexy Space-Stud" snort! Kelric is a cool character, but I like Tarquine most of the Eubians so far (I think you're supposed to, actually) "
— Susan, 10/20/2008
Overall Performance:
" Yay! More Skolian-Trader interaction. I definitely like this series more when they continue the main conflict. "
— Whitney, 10/13/2007

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.

About Anna Fields

Jennifer Van Dyck has appeared on Broadway in Hedda Gabler, Dancing at Lughnasa, Two Shakespearean Actors, and The Secret Rapture. She has been in new plays by Keith Bunin, Ellen McLaughlin, Catherine Filloux, Douglas Post, A. R. Gurney, and Albert Innaurato. Her film and television credits include Series 7, States of Control, Bullets over Broadway, numerous Law & Order episodes, Ed, Spin City, and The Education of Max Bickford. Her audiobook narrations have won her three AudioFile Earphones Awards.