Lightning Strike

Lightning Strike (Skolian Empire Ruby Dynasty) by (https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/34854.Catherine_Asaro) Catherine Asaro Tina Pulivok is returning home one night to her tough Los Angeles neighborhood when she is saved from local thugs by a man who seems lost -- an understatement, as he and his advanced Jag ship arrived from a distant galaxy, a different timeline and an alternate universe. As Tina struggles to understand Althor, this strange, attractive man with golden, metallic-looking skin and other variations from Earth humans -- she and Althor find themselves the targets of a manhunt by police and by the military, who have captured the damaged starship. From memories of her childhood in a Mayan village, to the streets of Los Angeles, to a military base and a chance to reach the stars, Tina comes alive as an astute, sympathetic narrator, facing life and tough choices with courage, wit and compassion. Part of Asaro's highly acclaimed Skolian Empire/Ruby Dynasty series which SF Chronicle called "One of the major series in the genre, which Booklist found "in many ways as compelling as Dune, if not more so", LIGHTNING STRIKE, Book I is an expanded and revised version (along with LIGHTNING STRIKE, Book II) of her novel CATCH THE LIGHTNING. (https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21939691-lightning-strike) Published by Amazon Digital Services, Inc. Adapted from the first half of the novel Catch the Lightning, by Catherine Asaro, Copyright © 1996.First Edition, Catch the Lightning, hardcover: December 1996First Mass Market Edition, Catch the Lightning, paperback: October 1997First eBook Edition, Lightning Strike, Book I: March 2014Author’s Notes: Lightning Strike, Book I and Lightning Strike, Book II are the same story as told in Catch the Lightning, but substantially rewritten and expanded for the eBook release. The eBook version of Primary Inversion is rewritten from the original and considered by the author as the best version.