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A Dead God Dancing
Concord, Book 2
Ann Maxwell
1979

ISBN: 0-380-44644-8

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THERE WERE FIVE ON THE TEAM:
Lhar—the group leader whose psi powers hid a very human heart.
Syza—the healer, an unwilling participant, a woman plagued by a nightmare, and possessor of the
greatest medicine in the universe.
Nevin—the holy, a naive adventurer on his first deep space mission, but whose knowledge was the
key to Tal-Lith’s survival
T’Mero—the guardian, master of the assassin’s craft, whose quartz knife stood between success and
death.
Diri—the dancer, her silver skin electrified any being’s sensuality—but would she sacrifice the lives
of an entire people to her arrogance?
THEIR MISSION WAS RESURRECTION

EXCERPTS FROM CLOSED COUNCIL CONFERENCE. EMERGENCY CONTACT
SUPERVISOR YAHUE KE NOMEN SPEAKING. [Background music is the Chanteuse’s Sixth
Elegy.]
“... extreme haste. Nonetheless, our computer selected fifteen probables, from which I chose a group
of five. They have just completed intensive imprinting. They now know as much about the culture and
conditions on Tal-Lith as we do.” [Scattered laughter.]
“I wish I could laugh with you. The mission has a deadline mimax. Think about that, Councilors:
within a few hours I may send five hastily trained people to their deaths on an unknown planet orbiting an
unstable star ...
“I violated Contact procedure seventeen separate times in selecting this group. You are here to judge
whether the violations make the mission unacceptable to the Concord. In my summation I will
concentrate on the major violations. As is customary, all measurements are on a logarithmic scale of 1 to
10.
“Tov Ryth Lhar, group leader. Recent infac [psychic integration factor] is an ideal 7.316. He first
worked for Contact as an integrator and has since become my most valuable field leader. Synthesist
9.15. Psi 8.798. Violation: he returned from leading a group on Saman less than eight days ago.”
[Random exclamations.]
“Yes. Saman. I believe one of you personally decorated him for ‘Unique Service to the Concord’...
“Nevin lo Skewml, specialist in energy-level-3b-cultures. He is extremely skillful in his specialty.
Negligible psi. Good infac. Violation: no prior field experience.
“T’Mero Verial Silariaoen, guardian and assassin. Extremely adept in the use of 3b weapons. Five
maturities of Contact experience. Normal infac. Psi 5.613. Violation: he has not worked as a guardian for
three centuries.
“Skandiri-Li, Lythen dancer. I see that some of you remember her; perhaps you were fortunate
enough to see her dance the role of Keriamian. The computer determined that her skill and phenotype
admirably matched Tal-Lith’s god myth. Marginally acceptable infac. No psi. Violation: she is not nor has
she ever been a Contact agent.
“Syza Zomal, healer. Probably the most gifted healer known to the Concord. I need not stress how
valuable she could be on a no-technology Contact. She became a provisional Contact agent before she