Product DescriptionFrom the critically-acclaimed author of the Stardoc series science fiction novels comes the story of a young woman about to confront the truth of her heritage. Professional shockball player Jory Rask is beloved on all of Terra-but her life may be forfeit once the xenophobic society that despises aliens learns that she is not quite human.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - Great read
Great book, the lead character jory has enough flaws to make you interested in how she fares. Also she isn't histrionic like Dr Grey Veil becomes in the latter books of the Stardoc series. Would love to see her story continue.
Rating: - Not Free SF Reader
A girl with a secret finally comes undone. The main character is a
player of a professional football type of game that is violently
opposed to aliens. She has a hybrid heritage, and a broken down knee,
and when discovered, is forced to leave. What she finds is a lot worse,
ending up in the middle of a nasty military operation and conspiracy,
fighting for her life, becoming a hired killer, and trying to overcome
species prejudice.
Rating: - An interesting story
Jory Rask is a shockball player. What the heck is Shockball? I have no idea, still didn't by the end of the story but it sounded a bit like American football. Except this book is set in the far distant future when the planet Terra, in a colossally xenophobic manner, won't let any aliens live there. Unfortunately for Jory her mother comes from another planet, called Joren, and therefore her daughter is a half-breed. When Jory's mother dies and her secret is discovered she is forced off the planet. ... Read More
Rating: - A Good Book But....
BLADE DANCER is, in many ways, a very fine book. It reminds me of the best qualities of that good ol' action-adventure sf. For the longest time, that area was a male-only genre, until CL Moore and Leigh Brackett proved women were just as capable as men. I rather wonder if one of the names isn't a sort of tribute to Moore's Jiril of Jory.
The action is fast and intense, and there's a lot of it, and it seems to go in a direction, rather than be merely a string of incidents. The characters ... Read More
Rating: - Blade Dancer
A book that I had to read in one sitting.
This book ties very nicely into the Stardoc series.
- Great read
- Not Free SF Reader
- A Good Book But....
