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9/23/2019

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The Danger Dance
The Merculians Book 1
by Caro Soles
Genre: SciFi Adventure 

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Life and death action and intrigue aboard a military space vessel!

A startling command from the dreaded Praetan brings chaos into the tranquil lives of hermaphrodites Eulio and his lover Orosin. Using the tour of the Merculian National Dance Company where Eulio is a star as cover, they board the Wellington, a militaristic starship that values nothing they believe in. Someone is passing secrets about fleet movements and weaponry to the enemies in the Troia, but the efforts of the two Merculians to unmask the spy only stir up a toxic mix of hatred and violence. Who will have to die before the Praetan is satisfied? The Danger Dance is a futuristic space adventure with enough swashbuckling action and intrigue to keep even the most jaded science fiction addict enthralled.


“A crackerjack SF novel––moving, eloquent, and richly textured. I recommend it highly.” - Robert J. Sawyer, award-winning science fiction writer

“…a tingling subversity of gender, sexuality and goosebumping excitement. Even better, Soles can rally write, with wit, sensuosity and depth.” - Perry Brass, author of The Harvest, Angel Lust, etc.

“A well written novel, full of sexual and political intrigue, it grips from the very first page and is difficult to put down….” - Annette Gisby, author of Silent Screams.




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​Their keeper herded the Merculians through a series of interconnecting noisy pods. Numb with exhaustion and emotional strain, they stumbled and swayed along until at last, their keeper thrust them through a final door into a small octagonal room next to what appeared to be the bridge. As they staggered to a stop, the Serpian touched a panel in the wall. At once a blue flame sprang up from the floor and raced dizzily in a circle around them. As it moved, it emitted a high-pitched, sizzling noise.
“Cross that line and you fry, chickees,” growled the Serpian. From the bridge came a roar of laughter. Beny straightened his spine and held on to Eulio’s hand tightly, as the deck began to shudder under their feet.
“What’s happening now?” whispered Eulio.
Beny shivered, watching the fire dance and sway. Then suddenly go out. Before they could react, a loud noise reverberated through the ship, rattling the hull, gathering up the noise of the confusion.
“Daisy chain, Daddy! Disengage!” screamed the leader.
The floor shuddered underfoot as the men rushed to obey. A few seconds later, a series of explosions shattered their ears. The pirates’ shouts were the last thing Beny heard as their world exploded around them.




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The Abulon Dance
The Merculians Book 2

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While on tour to the mysterious planet Abulon, the pleasure-loving hermaphrodites of The Merculian National Dance company are intrigued by the virile patriarchal society they discover there. The natives seemed friendly enough at first but when the star’s young lover is kidnapped, the Merculians find themselves plunged into a brutal alien Civil War they are ill-equipped to survive.


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​ “I will not deal with Terrorists,” the Chief went on calmly. “They must be made to realize that acts like this accomplish nothing. We will not be threatened. They must know this.”
Beny felt his stomach lurch. His hands were shaking. “You are talking about a life. Does this mean nothing to you...sir?”
“I am sorry, your Excellency. You must see that there can be no exceptions.”
“But Chief! You do not understand!” Beny leaned forward intently, both hands now clutching the edge of the table. “This is not just an internal matter, as you seem to think. Chamion is a Merculian citizen and subject to the protection of Alliance law.”
“Ambassador, it is you who does not understand. Abulon is not a member of the Alliance as yet. You are merely visitors to our planet and subject to our laws, just like everyone else.”
Beny ran his fingers through his thick curls and gazed earnestly at the impassive face of the alien leader. He tried hard to keep his voice level. “Sir, this planet was represented to us as friendly and safe, as it seemed when the original I.P.A. contact team was here. The Alliance will not be pleased to find that this was a false impression created for their benefit.”
“Do not threaten us, Ambassador.”
“It is not a threat, merely a reminder. As is the fact that the one whose life you are playing with is a scant few years younger than your own son.”
The Chief looked at him coldly. “I fail to see the relevance of that remark, your Excellency. If the hostage were my son, my position would be exactly the same.”
Beny felt a cold shiver, like ice water trickling down his spine.    





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The Memory Dance
The Merculians Book 3

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Merculian is usually a peaceful world of artistic, fun-loving and sensual hermaphrodites. The planet has always been safe, most Merculians blissfully unfamiliar with the dark powers that lurk beneath the surface of familiar things.

The trouble starts when the aliens arrive. Celebrity dancer Triani picks up a mysterious Terran male in the Pleasure Gardens, and an Ultraati rope dancer dies. Seemingly unrelated, these two events unleash powerful forces that disrupt the lives of everyone around him. Secrets from his carefully hidden past boil to the surface, flooding him with fear. When his beloved Giazin is threatened, he risks his life to save his child. Yet the mysterious group known as the Watchers will not let go. Can Triani free himself from the grip of these formidable beings or will they force him to betray his human lover?




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​“Oh, shit!” Triani caught his breath. Five burly Elutian guards burst through the door and surrounded Victor.
“I'm sorry!” Triani cried, backing away.
Victor put up a good fight, but it was useless against those odds, and they dragged him off moments later. Just before the door closed, one of the Elutians turned back and grabbed Triani.
“No! Not me! I was just supposed to bring him!” Triani shouted, struggling against the scaly grip of his huge captor.
“Shut up your face,” the Elutian remarked, casually lifting the Merculian off his feet and swinging him down the hall after the still-fighting Victor. At the first door they came to, his captor paused, pushed him against the wall, and holding both wrists in one hand, reached for something in one of the many pockets in his black jumpsuit. Triani had just opened his mouth to protest again when a filthy rag was stuffed into it. Shocked, he concentrated on breathing through his nose, trying to ignore the putrid smell that threatened to nauseate him. Suddenly, he was afraid. He could die here, choked to death in his own vomit. At the very least, if this Elutian decided to hit him, he could be severely injured.
The big alien seemed satisfied now that his prisoner was silenced. He stretched his scaly neck up about a foot, then retracted it.
“You be good now?” he asked.
Triani nodded vigorously. They're going to kill me, he thought bleakly. Why? It occurred to him that they would not go to all this trouble for a mere courier. Who was Victor? 


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Caro Soles' novels include mysteries, erotica, gay lit, the occasional bit of dark fantasy, and science fiction. She received the Derrick Murdoch Award from the Crime Writers of Canada, and has been short listed for the Lambda Literary Award, the Aurora Award, and the Stoker Award. Her  latest mysteries include, A FRIEND OF MR. NIJINSKY, and PEOPLE LIKE US, which came out last year. THE DANGER DANCE is  the first in an sf series featuring the pleasure-loving, dual-gendered natives of the planet Merculian. THE ABULON DANCE is book 2 in the series. Book 3, THE MEMORY DANCE, has just come out. Caro lives in Toronto, loves dachshunds, books, opera and ballet, not necessarily in that order. After 25 years of teaching writing at George Brown College, Caro is staying home to write.  



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79 Comments
Bea LaRocca
9/23/2019 03:05:34 am

Intriguing synopses and excerpts. This sounds like an exciting sci-fi series. Thank you for sharing the book and author details.

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Janet W.
9/23/2019 07:39:02 am

Great, unique cover! Sounds like a really interesting read!

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Caro link
9/25/2019 07:36:31 pm

Hi Janet-- Glad you like the covers. I love them, too! Hope you enjoy the read as well. :)

Caro

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lynn clayton
9/23/2019 08:00:13 am

oh this looks like a great read

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Caro
9/25/2019 07:37:35 pm

Glad you are intrigued!

Caro

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Shirley Ann Speakman
9/23/2019 09:48:12 am

The books sound amazing, Sci Fi is one of my favourite genre's adding these to my wish list.

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Caro
9/25/2019 07:38:51 pm

Sci-fi gives the writer, and reader, such a big canvas to work on! The imagination can be boundless in this genre!

Caro

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Rita Wray
9/23/2019 11:33:53 am

The books sound good.

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Caro
9/25/2019 07:39:27 pm

Hi Rita-- Glad you have enjoyed the excerpts.

caro

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Kelly D
9/23/2019 11:53:27 am

I like the covers. The special effects are nice.

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Caro
9/25/2019 07:40:29 pm

I love all the covers in this series, too. They give a good hint about the stories inside.

Caro

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Calvin
9/23/2019 01:54:21 pm

Nice touch of blur. I like sci fi, my favorite.

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Caro
9/25/2019 07:41:19 pm

Hi Calvin--

Glad you like the covers, since I love them too and they are unusual! Sci-fi is a great genre.

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Debbie P
9/23/2019 04:17:54 pm

This book sounds like a very interesting read. Cool cover!

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Caro
9/25/2019 07:42:14 pm

The cover gives a great hint at the contents, I think. Hope you enjoy them.

Caro

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Dale Wilken
9/23/2019 05:01:48 pm

The books sound really great.

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Caro
9/25/2019 07:52:39 pm

Good to know!

Car0

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wendy hutton
9/23/2019 06:54:38 pm

very interesting cover, this sounds great

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Caro
9/25/2019 07:53:56 pm

Hi Wendy!
Glad you are intrigued!

Caro

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Barbara Montag
9/24/2019 10:22:03 am

Sci Fi Adventure - I love it!
And such intriguing covers.

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Beyond Comps
9/24/2019 01:10:13 pm

Nice cover!

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SHERRY
9/24/2019 04:57:34 pm

The books sound really good.

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Lydia Goodman
9/24/2019 08:02:47 pm

Like the cover, very unique

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Kelly Nicholson
9/25/2019 11:39:04 am

What do you think of the books or the covers?

i like the water color feel to the cover

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Caro
9/28/2019 03:56:31 pm

Hi Kelly--
Interesting comment re the cover. Hadn't thought of it that way.

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Mary Cloud
9/25/2019 07:44:16 pm

No questions. The cover is interesting.

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lynn clayton
9/26/2019 06:45:02 pm

GREAT COVER LOOKS LIKE A GREAT READ

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Caro
9/28/2019 03:55:12 pm

Hi Lynn--

Glad you like it all. Hope you try a book or two. :)

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Mya Murphy
9/26/2019 07:33:04 pm

I love the cover.. The blurb.. Everything!! I can't wait to read this!!

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Terri Quick
9/26/2019 11:43:36 pm

Cool cover

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Terri Quick
9/26/2019 11:49:09 pm

Sexy cover

Caro
9/28/2019 03:54:29 pm

Hi Mya--
Glad you like what you see. :)

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James Robert
9/28/2019 10:52:12 am

Hello! Thanks so much for sharing your book with us. Always fun reading about another book to enjoy.

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Caro
9/28/2019 03:53:42 pm

Hi James--

Hoped you are tempted to buy the books! Thanks for reading the excerpts.

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Serge B
9/28/2019 01:56:14 pm

Liked the cover--sci fi covers are my favorites

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Xaro
9/28/2019 03:52:31 pm

I love the covers, too. Sci-fi is a great genre.

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heather
9/28/2019 02:55:06 pm

This so sounds like my kind of read and I love the cover too. Good luck on the tour.

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Caro
9/28/2019 03:51:38 pm

Thanks, Heather! Hope you enjoy the books!

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Marcy Meyer
9/29/2019 11:46:37 am

The cover art looks amazing. I really like it. It catches the eye for sure.

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Caro.
10/2/2019 08:35:48 am

Hi Marcy.... I was lucky with the cover artist. Very eye-catching, as you say.

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Sarah L
10/1/2019 09:34:44 pm

Looks like an interesting book.
Thanks for the contest. 

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Caro
10/2/2019 08:36:51 am

You’re welcome, Sarah.

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Heather Mahley
10/1/2019 11:14:54 pm

The cover looks amazing

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Caro
10/2/2019 08:37:48 am

Thanks!

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Ann Fantom
10/4/2019 05:09:33 pm

I like the covers. They are very colorful

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Caro
10/5/2019 04:30:23 pm

Hi Ann...
Yes, they are very festive! Hope you like the books too!

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Tracie Cooper
10/6/2019 03:43:38 pm

What a very interesting cover!

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Samantha
10/8/2019 08:01:08 am

It kind of reminds me of irobot movie cover. I love the excerpt and really want to read it.

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Caro
10/8/2019 08:42:04 am

So glad you enjoyed the excerpt! Hope you love the books, too!

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Clarissa Hiciano
10/8/2019 08:13:49 am

The book sounds very intriguing. Would love to give it a read

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Caro
10/8/2019 08:43:55 am

Hi Clarissa--
So glad you are intrigued! Hope you will read the book, too!

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Victoria Scott
10/9/2019 02:32:46 pm

Thank you for sharing!

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Caro
10/12/2019 10:09:39 pm

Thank you for checking out the series!

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Robin Abrams
10/11/2019 04:13:15 pm

The covers look great I love them

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Caro
10/12/2019 10:10:40 pm

So glad you like them, Robin! I was lucky to get such a great cover artist!

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kathy mcclanahan
10/12/2019 09:13:19 pm

Unique covers, love the use of colors! Sounds like a great read, good luck on your tour!

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Caro link
7/18/2020 11:02:19 am

Hi Kathy,
So glad you enjoyed the colorful cover and the excerpts. Hope you like Marlo’s Dance! And thanks for the good wishes.

Caro

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April
10/17/2019 12:03:25 am

I really like the covers. They catch the eye with the subject, the colors and the distortion effects.

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Caro link
7/18/2020 11:03:55 am

Hi April...
It’s great so many people love the cover! I do too! They are true works of art.

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Jenny Ham
10/17/2019 02:32:17 am

I love the covers very eye catching.

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Caro link
7/18/2020 11:06:07 am

Hi Jenny,

So many people love these covers! I must pass all this along to the designer, Istvan Kadar.

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Brooke Showalter link
10/17/2019 09:12:09 am

Sounds like an interesting sci-fi adventure.

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Caro link
7/18/2020 11:07:55 am

Hi Brooke,

So pleased you are intrigued by the series. F you love mysteries, start with Marlo’s Dance!

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Ellie Wright
10/17/2019 12:16:25 pm

I like the covers and love reading sci-fi!

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Caro link
7/18/2020 11:12:45 am

Hi Ellie,

So pleased to hear how much everyone loves the covers. Thanks for telling me.

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Daniel M
10/17/2019 07:07:33 pm

like the covers

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Caro link
7/18/2020 11:13:22 am

Good!

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Heather Kaufman
10/18/2019 06:20:11 pm

I really like the covers, the color effect are great.

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Caro link
7/18/2020 11:14:17 am

They are different, aren’t they!

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Sarah Hayes
10/19/2019 05:14:29 pm

The covers are very exciting !

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Tracy Urschler
10/19/2019 07:15:39 pm

Cover art seems very fitting for this SciFi series.

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Mood Reader
10/20/2019 01:45:52 am

Looks great!

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Maria
10/22/2019 07:56:42 pm

WOW this looks amazing, love the cover and the title

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Dave Gibb
10/22/2019 08:32:16 pm

like the cover

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Sara
10/23/2019 04:02:47 am

I like the covers! They make it mysterious and interesting.

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Dana Rodriguez
10/23/2019 11:40:50 am

I love the cover!!

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Laurie Nykaza
10/23/2019 08:33:52 pm

The covers look amazing and so colorful too.

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Jerry Marquardt
10/23/2019 11:31:01 pm

I would like to give thanks for all your really great writings, including The Merculians, and wishing the best in keeping up the good work in the future.

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Caro link
7/18/2020 11:10:48 am

Thanks, Jerry. That is very cheering for an author to hear. Thanks for telling me.

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