The Quantum Rose

The Quantum Rose / by Catherine Asaro ; read by Anna Fields.—[Ashland] : Blackstone Audio, 2004.
WMA audio file (192605 KB) (13 hr., 23 min.)
Unabridged
(Saga of the Skolian Empire; Book 6)
ISBN: 9780786133680

1. Science Fiction 2. Skolian Empire (Imaginary place) -- Fiction.

813.54

While having a relaxing swim Kamoj Quanta Argali, the governor of Argali, and her bodyguard are surprised by a group of riders led by Havyrl Lionstar, who appear on the other bank of the river. Embarrassed by the intrusion, Kamoj quickly gets out of the water and dresses, but by the time she joins her bodyguard, the riders have left. Lionstar, who has recently arrived from another world, is notorious for being both rich and rude. As if this breach of privacy wasn’t humiliating enough, on the way back from the river Kamoj runs into another group of riders led by another notoriously rich and difficult man, Jax Ironbridge, the ruler of the neighboring province and her betrothed. It is not a happy meeting. And soon Kamoj finds herself caught in a political and emotional bind by the desires of the two stubborn and powerful men.