The Radiant Seas (Skolian Web)

Blurb

The Radiant Seas is a novel from the Saga of the Skolian Empire series of books by Catherine Asaro. The book continues where Primary Inversion ended and centers on the story of the devastating interstellar Radiance War. It won the HOMer Award for Best Novel of 2000 from the SF and Fantasy forum on CompuServe.
Radiant Seas follows the lives of several Ruby Dynasty members and also of main political figures from the Eubian Concord during a period of nearly 18 years.