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Rheba and her companion Kirtn, last survivors of their planet’s incineration, set off in search of other survivors like themselves.

What they find instead is treachery and duplicity in the name of civilization, and ultimately enslavement.

But amongst the forgotten races and peoples trapped beneath the surface of the pleasure planet Loo, not everyone is willing to remain a slave.

FIRE DANCER is a fantastic science fiction novel of slavery and rebellion and the acts that are tolerated by polite society and culture. Until those acts prove so terrible that revolt is the only answer.

Rheba and Kirtin are the last survivors of their homeworld, at the edges of the Concord, forgotten but rich in history and traditions. Rheba is a fire dancer, able to focus and manipulate vast amounts of energy through discipline and motion and form. Kirtin is her protector and mentor, training her in these skills and knowing that one day these energies may grow to consume her unless she masters her own emotions and the power she derives from them.

In search of rumored other survivors like themselves, they set out amongst the worlds of the “civilized” Concord, finding that the presented superior and enlightened cultures they encounter conceal hypocrisies that assist even greater crimes. Entire civilizations built upon slavery and degradation are tolerated so long as they play the proper games of power and civility.

Led by the promise of knowledge regarding one of her kin, Rheba and Kirtin are brought to Loo, a planet ruled by a hereditary empire of slavers and decadents. There, both of them are consigned to slave pits beneath the gleaming cities and palaces of the surface. Amongst the forgotten and cast-off, Rheba and Kirtin find others like themselves, stolen or abandoned by their homeworlds and left to languish here, subject to labors and appetites and whims of the planet’s rulers.

But not everyone wants to remain a slave…

ABOUT THE CONCORD BOOKS

Elizabeth Lowell’s Concord universe imagines worlds populated by dead gods and beguiling traces of a formerly-ascendant interstellar civilization now withdrawn for its own survival, as well as a coalition of planets and cultures bound together in uneasy political compromises, ones that can grind up individuals, or force them to fight for themselves. All this across a backdrop of cosmic mysteries,  shattering powers and star-crossed loves.

ABOUT ELIZABETH LOWELL

Starting her career writing as Ann Maxwell, Elizabeth Lowell wrote nine science fiction novels from 1972-1985, culminating with the beloved FIRE DANCER series, whose mysteries and worlds tied into her final science fiction work, TIMESHADOW RIDER. After more than thirty years, these books are being brought back into print starting with the FIRE DANCER trilogy (FIRE DANCER, DANCER’S LUCK and DANCER’S ILLUSIONS) with TIMESHADOW RIDER following. The rest of her science fiction backlist will be published over the next two years so that fans no longer have to sift through used bookstore shelves or ebay auctions in order to find copies.

Elizabeth Lowell’s Concord universe imagines worlds populated by dead gods and beguiling traces of a formerly-ascendant interstellar civilization now withdrawn for its own survival, as well as a coalition of planets and cultures bound together in uneasy political compromises, ones that can grind up individuals, or force them to fight for themselves. All this across a backdrop of cosmic mysteries,  shattering powers and star-crossed loves.

These new editions feature cover art by Alex Sheikman and color art by Jeff Chua.