Spherical Harmonic (53 page)

Soz
and Jato met appears in the novella "Aurora in Four Voices" (
Analog,
December 1998).
Soz
and
Jaibriol
's stories appear in
Primary Inversion
and
The Radiant Seas.
They have four children, all of whom use Qox-Skolia as their last name:
Jaibriol III, Rocalisa, Vitar,
and
del-Kelric. Jaibriol III
becomes Emperor of Eube.

 

 

Aniece
= Lord Rillia

 

 

Lord Rillia rules Rillia, a province on the planet Lyshriol, which consists of the Rillian Vales, Dalvador Plains, Backbone Mountains, and Stained Glass Forest.

 

 

Kelric
's stories are told in
The Last Hawk, Ascendant Sun, Spherical Harmonic,
the novella "A Roll of the Dice" (
Analog,
July/August 2000), and the novelette "Light and Shadow" (
Analog,
April 1994).
Kelric
and Rashiva have one son, Jimorla (Jimi) Haka, who becomes a renowned Calani.
Kelric
and Savina have one daughter,
Rohka Miesa Varz,
who becomes the Ministry Successor in line to rule the Twelve Estates on Coba.

 

Timeline

circa
4000 BC Group of humans moved from Earth to Raylicon

 

 

circa
3600 BC Ruby Dynasty begins

 

 

circa
3100 BC Raylicans launch first interstellar flights Rise of Ruby Empire

 

 

circa
2900 BC Ruby Empire begins decline

 

 

circa
2800 BC Last interstellar flights; Ruby Empire collapses

 

 

circa
AD 1300 Raylicans begin attempts to regain lost knowledge and colonies

 

 

1843 Raylicans regain interstellar flight

 

 

1871 Aristos found Eubian Concord (a.k.a. Trader Empire)

 

 

1881 Lahaylia Selei born

 

 

1904 Lahaylia Selei founds Skolian Imperialate and takes Skolia name

 

 

2005 Jarac born

 

 

2111 Lahaylia Selei marries Jarac

 

 

2119 Dyhianna Selei born

 

 

2122 Earth achieves interstellar flight

 

 

2132 Earth founds Allied Worlds

 

 

2144 Roca born

 

 

2169 Kurj born

 

 

2203 Roca marries Eldrinson Althor Valdoria

 

 

2204 Eldrin Jarac Valdoria born Jarac dies and Kurj becomes Imperator Lahaylia dies

 

 

2206 Althor Izam-Na Valdoria born

 

 

2207 Del-Kurj and Chaniece Roca Valdoria born

 

 

2209 Havyrl (Vyrl) Torcellei Valdoria born

 

 

2210 Sauscony (Soz) Lahaylia Valdoria born

 

 

2211 Denric Winward Valdoria born

 

 

2213 Shannon Eirlei Valdoria born

 

 

2215 Aniece Dyhianna Valdoria born

 

 

2219 Kelricson (Kelric) Garlin Valdoria born

 

 

2237 Jaibriol II born

 

 

2240 Soz meets Jato Stormson ("Aurora in Four Voices")

 

 

2241 Kelric marries Admiral Corey Majda

 

 

2243 Corey assassinated ("Light and Shadow")

 

 

2258 Kelric crashes on Coba
(The Last Hawk)

 

 

early 2259 Soz meets Jaibriol
(Primary Inversion)

 

 

late 2259 Soz and Jaibriol go into exile (
The Radiant Seas
)

 

 

2260 Jaibriol III born (aka Jaibriol Qox Skolia)

 

 

2263 Rocalisa Qox Skolia born; Althor Izam-Na Valdoria meets Coop ("Soul of Light")

 

 

2268 Vitar Qox Skolia born

 

 

2273 del-Kelric Qox Skolia born

 

 

2274 Radiance War begins (also called Domino War) Kurj marries Ami

 

 

2276 Traders capture Eldrin. Radiance War ends

 

 

2277–8 Kelric returns home
(Ascendant Sun)
Jaibriol III becomes emperor
(The Moon's Shadow)
Dehya coalesces
(Spherical Harmonic)
Kamoj and Vyrl meet
(The Quantum Rose)

 

 

2279 Althor Vyan Selei born

 

 

2287 Jeremiah Coltman trapped on Coba ("A Roll of the Dice")

 

 

2328 Althor Vyan Selei meets Tina Santis Pulivok
(Catch the Lightning)

 

About the Author

Catherine Asaro grew up near Berkeley, California. She earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Physics and her M.A. in Physics, both from Harvard, and a B.S. with Highest Honors in Chemistry from UCLA. Among the places she has done research are the University of Toronto, the Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik in Germany, and the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. She currently runs Molecudyne Research and lives in Mary-land with her husband and daughter. A former ballet and jazz dancer, she founded the Mainly Jazz Dance program at Harvard and now teaches at the Caryl Maxwell Classical Ballet, home to the Ellicott City Ballet Guild.

 

 

She has also written
Primary Inversion, Catch the Lightning, The Last Hawk, The Radiant Seas, The Quantum Rose,
and
Ascendant Sun,
all part of the Skolian Saga, and
The Veiled Web
and
The Phoenix Code,
near-future science fiction thrillers. Her work has been nominated for both the Hugo and the Nebula, and has won numerous awards, including the
Analog
Readers Poll (the AnLab), the Homer, and the Sapphire Award. Her short fiction has appeared in
Analog
and anthologies. She can be reached by e-mail at [email protected] and on the Web at http://www.sff.net/people/asaro/. If you would like to receive e-mail updates on Catherine's releases, please e-mail Susan Avary at [email protected].