Partnership — Anne McCaffrey; Margaret Ball

Victim of a catastrophic prenatal accident that left her nothing but her brain functioning, Helva thought her life would amount to nothing. But Helva wanted to be more than a body in a box, drifting through life like a ghost in a machine. if she couldn't be somebody, she'd be something. So instead of spending her days in a glorified wheelchair she strapped on a spaceship. She became Helva, The Ship Who Sang. And captured the hearts of a generation of science fiction readers.

NOW, THE SHIP WHO SANG IS NOT ALONE

Nancia is her name, NX-928 her designation. A brand-new member of the elite Courier Service of the Central Worlds, she's the "brains" within one of the most advanced interstellar ships around. But Nancia's services will not always be utilized by people of her own high moral integrity. Her innocent vision of human nature shattered on her first voyage, the last thing she needed was a "brawn" partner like Forister; they invented "cynical" to describe him. But idealistic Nancia & worldly-wise Forister together just might save the galaxy....