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Title: complex but engaging
Review: One of the things I have found that I really like about Asaro's books is that the world's are complex and yet they have internal logic. This is true of Coba where a Skolian heir crash lands. He lives a full, very full, life for a man in Coba society as a member of six different "harems" or Calanya for 18 years. In the process he starts serious social changes, not because he wants to overthrow the matriarchy (thank goodness, that thread gets tiresome in science fiction and fantasy) but simply because he is so desired. Yes, there is sex here but more than that is the intellectual dynamics are the more intriguing and enticing parts of the book. Finally a book with a positive look at a female dominant society that doesn't claim to be utopia or in need of "a man's hand".
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