Schism by Catherine Asaro. [I liked it.] [It was OK.] [Sorry to have read it.] [Need a brain rinse.] This is a prequel to the entire Skolian collection of books. It's partially a prequel to Primary Inversion , the first of them and most definitely my favorite. However this book jumps around through multiple plots and the timeline is difficult to follow. Unfortunately the characters in this book are almost entirely unsympathetic. If one has not previously read all the books where they are... read more