"Aurora in Four Voices" is a short science fiction novella written by Catherine Asaro and published in December 1998.
It is part of the Skolian Empire series and was originally published in Analog Science Fiction and Fact.
[1] It won the 1999 HOMer Award for Best Novella from the SF and Fantasy forum on CompuServe, the Analytical Laboratory (AnLab) Award for Best Novella from the readers of Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and the Sapphire Award for Best Science Fiction Romance Short Fiction for 2000 from the Science Fiction Romance Newsletter.
[2] The novella also loaned its title to a collection of Asaro's short stories published by ISFiC Press in 2011.
On the planet Ansatz, Jato, a man imprisoned on false charges, and Soz, a powerful fighter, meet and embark on a mission for freedom.