The Crystal Variation, a Liaden Universe omnibus by Sharon Lee & Steve Miller
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Overview: The Liaden universe is the backdrop to a series that spans thousands of years and more than one universe.* As of 2015, the series comprises 18 novels and at least 21 chapbooks; and the authors have been contracted for a further five novels.
Set sometime in the future, the series occasionally references a planet named Terra - and as not being the first planet to bear that name. However, the familiar names and cultural references in the core books, coupled with a lack of them in the "Crystal" books, suggest it is Earth.
In the wake of a diaspora from a "decrystallizing" galaxy that was humankind's prior home, humanity has divided into three major sub-races: Terran, Liaden and Yxtrang. Numerous isolated colony planets also exist in this Universe, which have backslid technologically and are held as protectorates until their civilizations advance enough to cope with extraplanetary contact.
The series is notable for having almost failed to take flight. The authors had written the first three books—Agent of Change, Conflict of Honors, Carpe Diem—but were told that sales were not sufficient to justify continuing. Unbeknownst to them the books had caused such a stir on the Usenet group rec.arts.sf.written that they were added to the group's FAQ. Once the authors had gained Internet access, they were surprised to find so many people looking for the next book, and even more surprised that its title was already decided: "Plan B". They published some chapbooks to stave off the hungry fans and started writing... Plan B. A further three books followed in due course to complete the "Agent of Change" sequence. The rest is science fiction history.
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy > Space Opera
Crystal Soldier
The galaxy is in danger. A mysterious alien race of energy being called the shereika is rapidly unmaking – dissipating, lock, stock and quark - entire star systems. Humans are making their last stand. M. Jela is a top-of-the-line of soldier who realizes the peril and persuades a talented space ship pilot named Cantra yos’Phelium to help what humans remain to escape to an alternate reality with unpopulated, but livable, star systems: the Liaden universe!
Crystal Dragon
Cantra is revealed to be no merely a great pilot, but a genetically engineered aelantaza, or assassin and spy whose specialty is taking on the entire personality of her “cover,” so much so that she believes it herself. She remakes herself, as only a aelantaza can, and infiltrates the scholarly towers on the university world of Landomist where she narrowly avoids being killed in scholarly conflicts. There she liberates the scholar Liad dea’Syl, along with the equations for escape stored inside his head. Once in her new domain, Cantra creates a hereditary alliance to protect her child by Jela – to be known (and become legendary) as Clan Korval.
Balance of Trade
Jethri Gobelyn is a young Terran, working on his family's trading spaceship. Jethri has ambition, and he sets out to make a name for himself in the time-honored fashion of his family by investing in a trading scheme with what he takes to be a bona fide Liaden master trader. But when Jethri discovers he’s been had, Jethri must master the intricacies of Liaden society, which include many formal rules and regulations of behavior, to regain his place – and face – within the clan.
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Requirements: ePUB reader, 1.1 Mb
Overview: The Liaden universe is the backdrop to a series that spans thousands of years and more than one universe.* As of 2015, the series comprises 18 novels and at least 21 chapbooks; and the authors have been contracted for a further five novels.
Set sometime in the future, the series occasionally references a planet named Terra - and as not being the first planet to bear that name. However, the familiar names and cultural references in the core books, coupled with a lack of them in the "Crystal" books, suggest it is Earth.
In the wake of a diaspora from a "decrystallizing" galaxy that was humankind's prior home, humanity has divided into three major sub-races: Terran, Liaden and Yxtrang. Numerous isolated colony planets also exist in this Universe, which have backslid technologically and are held as protectorates until their civilizations advance enough to cope with extraplanetary contact.
The series is notable for having almost failed to take flight. The authors had written the first three books—Agent of Change, Conflict of Honors, Carpe Diem—but were told that sales were not sufficient to justify continuing. Unbeknownst to them the books had caused such a stir on the Usenet group rec.arts.sf.written that they were added to the group's FAQ. Once the authors had gained Internet access, they were surprised to find so many people looking for the next book, and even more surprised that its title was already decided: "Plan B". They published some chapbooks to stave off the hungry fans and started writing... Plan B. A further three books followed in due course to complete the "Agent of Change" sequence. The rest is science fiction history.
Genre: Science Fiction & Fantasy > Space Opera
Crystal Soldier
The galaxy is in danger. A mysterious alien race of energy being called the shereika is rapidly unmaking – dissipating, lock, stock and quark - entire star systems. Humans are making their last stand. M. Jela is a top-of-the-line of soldier who realizes the peril and persuades a talented space ship pilot named Cantra yos’Phelium to help what humans remain to escape to an alternate reality with unpopulated, but livable, star systems: the Liaden universe!
Crystal Dragon
Cantra is revealed to be no merely a great pilot, but a genetically engineered aelantaza, or assassin and spy whose specialty is taking on the entire personality of her “cover,” so much so that she believes it herself. She remakes herself, as only a aelantaza can, and infiltrates the scholarly towers on the university world of Landomist where she narrowly avoids being killed in scholarly conflicts. There she liberates the scholar Liad dea’Syl, along with the equations for escape stored inside his head. Once in her new domain, Cantra creates a hereditary alliance to protect her child by Jela – to be known (and become legendary) as Clan Korval.
Balance of Trade
Jethri Gobelyn is a young Terran, working on his family's trading spaceship. Jethri has ambition, and he sets out to make a name for himself in the time-honored fashion of his family by investing in a trading scheme with what he takes to be a bona fide Liaden master trader. But when Jethri discovers he’s been had, Jethri must master the intricacies of Liaden society, which include many formal rules and regulations of behavior, to regain his place – and face – within the clan.
Download Instructions:
https://drop.download/8qndcp1lhtp1
Mirror:
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