The Danger Dance
de Caro Soles
"In a universe of books where sword-and-sorcery fantasies fill the speculative fiction shelves, this futurist romp is a welcome throwback to the days of space ships rocketing through intergalactic adventures. Though there are several landfalls on exotic far-off planets, most of the action takes place on a military starship, where a Merculian couple - acclaimed interpretative dancer Eulio and his young lover Orasin - have been planted. They¹re hitching rides from planet to planet where Eulio is to perform, but their true purpose is to unmask the traitor who's been passing fleet movement secrets to the evil Troia - gotta love those imaginative SF-ian names! . . . . BLENDS FAST-PACED PLANET-HOPPING WITH LUSTY STORYTELLING to tell a tale of cloak-and-dagger political intrigue, all laced with a dash of intense S&M and infused, not at all out of place, with a passion for the art of dance an effete touch that mellows the adventure¹s harshly militaristic edge. The novel¹s alternate universe, with its smartly realized gender fluidity, engaging intersexual alternatives, and imaginative alien beings, is quite SATISFYING ESCAPIST FARE - A REAL PULP ADVENTURE." from: Book Marks - by Richard Labonte "The world of the starship Wellington and its inhabitants provide seemingly endless examples of clever metaphors cutting across politics, the military, class and social status, community, racism, justice, and acceptance - all pervading forces and themes from both our current civilization and past centuries. SOLES ALSO MANAGES TO BRILLIANTLY ILLUSTRATE THE PARALLELS OF DESIRE, particularly among different sexes and origins, and the external forces that complicate those desires and communal efforts, such as drugs, greed, and jealousy. Allegory aside, the author has comprised a story that is COMPELLING AND FUN TO READ. -- EDGE New York City "In this SPARKLING FUTURIST ROMP, Caro Soles has taken some classic science fiction devices from (circa) the 1930s -- distant worlds of myth, hierarchy, the wicked and good arts, space travel with swashbuckling action and intrigue, all in a setting chic enough to make any art deco queen swoon, and imbued them with a tingling subversity of gender, sexuality, and goose-bumping excitement. Even better, SOLES CAN REALLY WRITE, with wit, sensuosity, and depth."
