Neither thumbs up nor thumbs down for The Phoenix Code
Catherine Asaro is one of my favorite writers, but that said, I cannot recommend this book. While I enjoy her style enough that I never wanted to actually put it down, the beginning was very slow, and after the plot picked up, there were far, far too many times that I thought to myself: “Oh, no way.” The ending is especially unbelievable. Avoid this book, but definitely read the addictive Skolian Empire saga, starting with Primary Inversion 
“He stroked her temple, a soft brush of sensation. ‘Do you know, your eyes are the same color blue as the alternate function key on my calculator?'”
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