This, the eighth book under the Del Rey Discovery imprint, is an exciting mix of hard science and military espionage, starring a strong, engaging heroine in the tradition of Anne McCaffrey and Tara K. Harper.
Dancer, second in command of the military intelligence unit called the Sixth Service, was a hotshot fighter pilot known for her utter fearlessness. But there were things in Dancer's past she could not face--and much she could not even remember. For her own good--or for their purposes--the Sixth Service had long ago conditioned her to forget.
But then Dancer came face-to-face with her past. A military stunt fighter crashed on an outpost planet where the Sixth was stationed, and the rescued pilot, a member of the crack Fourth Service Aerial Demonstration Team, claimed Dancer's name--and wore her face. The woman was flying drugged, unheard of for a member of the Team. And the Team had been flying where it had no reason to be, especially during peacetime.
Something was definitely not right. So, when the Team demanded its pilot back, the Sixth kept her. In her place went Dancer, disguised as herself, unaware that her past was to play a crucial role in her immediate future....
**DANCER trivia**
Have you ever wondered how an author comes up with names for her characters? Well, most of the population of DANCER OF THE SIXTH also double as counties in Ohio, which is where I was living when I began this novel!
A Del Rey
Book
Published by Ballantine Books
Copyright © 1993 By Michelle E. Crean
Cover Art by Richard Hescox