Books I Like: Skyfall by Catherine Asaro

Skyfall (Saga of the Skolian Empire)

Blurb:

Kurj, a provincial ruler on a primitive planet, is plagued by inner demons. But when he meets Roca, a beautiful and mysterious woman from the stars, he whisks her away to his mountain retreat, inadvertently starting a great interstellar war, and birthing the next generation of rulers for the Skolian Empire.

I like this book. One of the things I love about it, is Catherine Asaro's world building. the universe is very real, yet fantastic.

What hooked me, was Roca. That is to say, the description of her golden-self and how her gentle yet firm and noble persona that jumped off the page at me. I fell in love with her, right away.