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Title: Blade Dancer by S. L. Viehl ISBN: 0-451-45926-1 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 05 August, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.4 (15 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A Clan of Her Own
Comment: Blade Dancer is a novel set in the same universe as the Stardoc series, but with a different set of characters. Jory Rask is a championship caliber shockball runback whose mother is Jorenian and father is Terran. After receiving an urgent message from her mother, Jory returns home to find her mother dead of chicken pox. Since they are both on Terra illegally, Jory buries her mother in the desert, but is caught by Planetary Residental Commission agents and deported.
After departing Terra, Jory bribes the Captain of the liner to take her as close as possible to Jorenian territory. She meets an Alliance Major on the liner who has the tools and skills to repair her damaged knee prothesis. She leaves the liner at a Rilken outpost and takes passage on a system trade ship, where she meets Black and Blurry, a blade dancer, and gets an invitation to visit Reytalon for blade dancer training, but she first must go to Joren.
Jory has a mission to fulfill on Joren. She has promised her mother to tell her story to the other six ClanChildren of Honor. Then she will be free to find her father and kill him.
This novel is written in the same style as the Stardoc tales, but covers a different aspect of Jorenian culture. It is action oriented, depends too much on coincidence, and is fairly predictable, but the story gains and retains the reader's interest throughout the book.
Recommended for Viehl fans and anyone else who enjoys action and adventure in a SF setting.
Rating: 5
Summary: This author ROCKS!
Comment: Jory Rask was one of the best professional shockball players. Yet when her secret was exposed, Terra shipped her off planet and banned her return. To honor her mother's last wish, Jory set out to find others like herself, those known as the ClanChildren of Honor. She located them on her mother's homeworld of Joren. Once they met, their lives changed forever.
Jory was determined to seek the vengeance denied their mothers. Her new found clan followed. To get vengeance, they must undergo training at the Tåna, the school for assassins known as blade dancers - the most lethal killers in the galaxy. In the heart of that school was a deadly secret!
***** I have read this author from her first book release titled "Star Doc". I followed as the book became a series, eager for each new glimpse of Viehl's fascinating universe. Doing a search for the author's name on the net, over six months ago, I came across this latest title and began counting down the days until its release. I had begun to believe the day would NEVER arrive. But eventually, it did!
Well it was worth the long wait and then some! This Sci-Fi romp is unforgettable! It now holds a place of honor on my "KEEPER" shelf. Excellent! ***** Detra Fitch
Rating: 4
Summary: From Athlete to Warrior
Comment: This story takes place in the Stardoc universe. Jory Rask is a shockball player and a very good one. One reason is that she is half alien; a fact that comes out after her mother's death and results in deportation.
Jory knows some of her Jorenian heritage and has promised her mother that she will seek out others like herself and let them know the truth. The truth is that her mother and a number of other Jorenian women were captured, enslaved, and bore children of their slavers.
Truth can be a painful thing and Jory and the others wind up entering training to become warriors and assassins. But like in many schools, cliques form and rivalries form. But at a school of combat rivalry can be deadly.
The plot moves well and at one point you may wonder what the author is up to. Many surprises lurk beneath the surface but the planned shocking revelation is obvious for a hundred pages prior. Still, a good tale set in a rich universe (although medicine seems to be way behind the times).
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Title: Eternity Row (Stardoc (Paperback)) by S. L. Viehl ISBN: 0451458915 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 03 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Contact Imminent by Kristine Smith ISBN: 0060503580 Publisher: Eos Pub. Date: 28 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: Shockball: A Stardoc Novel (Stardoc (Paperback)) by S. L. Viehl ISBN: 0451458559 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 07 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Bio Rescue by S. L. Viehl ISBN: 0451459784 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 06 July, 2004 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Endurance (Stardoc (Paperback)) by S. L. Viehl ISBN: 0451458141 Publisher: Roc Pub. Date: 09 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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