It is also an intergovernmental association of African member countries. It contributes to reducing poverty, achieving food and nutrition security and improving livelihoods of farmers and other rice value-chain actors in Africa by increasing the productivity and profitability of rice-based agri-food systems, while ensuring the sustainability of natural resources.ĪfricaRice is one of 15 international agricultural research centers of CGIAR, a global research partnership for a food-secure future. “Known for her brilliance at combining science, adventure and riveting characterization, Catherine Asaro breaks new territory…”-Mary Jo Putney, New York Times bestselling author of Once a Spy and Dearly Beloved.The Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) is a pan-African Center of Excellence for rice research, development and capacity building.
“Asaro’s Skolian saga is now nearly as long and in many ways as compelling as DUNE, if not more so.” -Booklist “One of the major series in the genre.” -SF Chronicle “Hard science fiction fans can rejoice-the next superstar is here.”-Romantic Times Book Review “Fast, smart, speculative and full of theorizing about faster-than-light drive, PRIMARY INVERSION is a stellar debut.”- Los Angeles Daily News “An imaginative debut that takes off at a frantic pace, with dazzling technology, stirring battles and mental hijinks … plenty of energy and invention.”-Kirkus Reviews Physicist Asaro combines hard speculative science and first-rate storytelling.”- Booklist
When Soz Valdoria, an fighter pilot and daughter of the Ruby Dynasty, meets Jaibriol Qox the Second, the Trader emperor’s heir, all bets are off. With hostile forces seeking their capture or death, Soz and Jabriol must work together to find salvation for their people before war destroys them all.Īsaro rewrote the eBook version of Primary Inversion, polishing the original, and considers it the best version. But war with the rival Trader empire looms, a conflict that can only lead to slavery for the Skolians or the destruction of both sides. Founded by the Ruby Dynasty, the Skolian Imperialate rules a third of the civilized galaxy.
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