# The Final Key > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Final_Key > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Final_Key.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Key > Source revision: 1354581115 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|2006 novel by Catherine Asaro}} {{All plot|date=January 2010}} {{Infobox book | | name = The Final Key | title_orig = | translator = | image = The Final Key -- bookcover.jpg | caption = | author = [Catherine Asaro](/source/Catherine_Asaro) | illustrator = | cover_artist = | country = United States | language = English | series = [Saga of the Skolian Empire](/source/Saga_of_the_Skolian_Empire) | genre = [Sci-fi](/source/Sci-fi) | publisher = [Tor Books](/source/Tor_Books) | pub_date = November 28, 2006 | english_pub_date = | media_type = Print () | pages = | isbn = 0-7653-5209-5 | oclc= 71541964 | preceded_by = [Schism](/source/Schism_(novel)) | followed_by = [The Ruby Dice](/source/The_Ruby_Dice) }} '''''The Final Key''''' is a science fiction novel in the [Saga of the Skolian Empire](/source/Saga_of_the_Skolian_Empire), a series of books by American writer [Catherine Asaro](/source/Catherine_Asaro).{{Cite web |date=17 October 2005 |title=The Final Key: Part Two of Triad by Catherine Asaro |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/9780765313539 |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=www.publishersweekly.com}} As the direct sequel to [''Schism''](/source/Schism_(novel)), it tells the story of a major [Eubian](/source/Eubians) assault against the Skolian government and Eldrinson's rise from a rustic farmer to a member of the powerful imperial [Triad](/source/Triad_(Saga_of_the_Skolian_Empire)). ==Synopsis== Eldrinson Valdoria took over a year to heal from serious injuries inflicted on him by the [Aristo](/source/Eubians) Vitarex. He is happy to reconcile with his daughter Sauscony (Soz) whom he disowned for leaving home to become a [Jagernaut](/source/Jagernaut). But he can't do the same with his son Althor, who is lying near death in a military hospital after sacrificing himself to save billions of [Skolian](/source/Skolian_Empire) citizens during a battle with the Eubian [Traders](/source/Eubians). As part of her military training, Soz is assigned to the battlecruiser ''Roca's Pride'', named in honor of her mother [Roca Skolia](/source/Roca_Skolia). The training, however, turns out to be hard reality after her half-brother Imperator [Kurj](/source/Kurj_Skolia) is nearly assassinated and falls into a coma. [Traders](/source/Eubians) simultaneously launch an attack against the planet Parthonia, seat of the Skolian government. This brings the [psiberweb](/source/psiberweb), the most important part of Skolian defence, to a collapse. Using an ancient device called Dyad Chair, Soz struggles to keep at least parts of the psiberweb intact. To repair the psiberweb and save [Skolia](/source/Skolian_Empire) from [Eubian](/source/Eubians) invasion, Soz’s father [Eldrinson](/source/Eldrinson_Althor_Valdoria) has to join the [Dyad](/source/Dyad_(Saga_of_the_Skolian_Empire)), expanding it to a [Triad](/source/Triad_(Saga_of_the_Skolian_Empire)) with the risk that this could kill either him or one of the other Triad members. The book also shows the fates of other Ruby Dynasty family members: Soz's brother Shannon dealing with the mystic Blue Dale archers, their mother Roca captured by [Traders](/source/Eubians) and Ruby Pharaoh's husband Eldrin who leaves Parthonia on a ship with Skolian refugees while making a withdrawal from the addictive medicament phorine.{{typo help inline|reason=similar to phorone|date=September 2022}}. ==See also== *''[Primary Inversion](/source/Primary_Inversion)'', a story about Sauscony and her future husband Jaibriol II. == References == {{Reflist}} {{Catherine Asaro}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Final Key}} Category:2006 American novels Category:Saga of the Skolian Empire Category:Novels by Catherine Asaro --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Final Key](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Key) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Key?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.