The Aventine Empire. seat of civilization, is crumbling under the attacks of powerful savages aided by a. renegade telepath. Master telepath Lenardo feels responsible—the renegade is a former pupil—and vows to track him down into the strange lands of the Savage Empire. There, mankind has evolved with different powers: able to perform surgery without a knife. able to move objects through the air without touching them. These are the abilities Lenardo considers "magic:' while the savages hate and fear the prying telepaths who can see into their most private thoughts. And it is there that Lenardo is captured by Aradia. beautiful witch-queen of the White Wolf.. The sorceress has a plan of her own—one that will involve the reluctant Lenardo in a more fearsome. battle than he ever imagined!

When Torio, a Reader, breaks his word and offers his telepathic powers to the Adepts in the Savage Lands, Melissa, a Healer and Reader, must use all of her powers to save the Aventine Empire

In the Aventine Empire, gladiator games still slake the multitudes' undying thirst for blood. Magister Astra hated the games - with her telepathic powers, she felt the warriors' agonies as her own. But the Master had once again sent her there to tend the wounded: it was a punishment - but for what? Even her strongest Reading couldn't tell her. Not until an unexpected death and an exotic, mind-bending drug brought her into the pat of the ex-slave warrior Zanos did Astra begin to understand the web of deceit, greed, and vengeance that would send them both in a desperate Flight To The Savage Empire.

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THE STRANGERS FROM AFRICA ARRIVED ON THE SHORES OF THE SAVAGE EMPIRE SEEKING THE AID IN A BATTLE TO THE DEATH AGAINST Z'NELIA THE WITCH-QUEEN. THE POWERFUL ADEPT WAS FORCED TO REFUSE THEM, FOR HIS TRUE DUITY WAS TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE OF HIS OWN KINGOM FROM HARM. BUT WHEN THE AFRICANS KIDNAPPED HIS BROTHER BY MARRAGE, WULFSTON WAS FORCED TO CROSS THE SEAS IN PURSUIT OF HIS TRAIITOROUS GUESTS. AND WHAT BEGAN AS A SIMPLE RESCUE MISSION BECAME A DEADLY CONTEST OF WILLS.

As always Power ruled the Savage Empire. Not the crude force of sword and staff but the infinitely subtle strains of an Adept's musings. Aradia, the most powerful Adept of the Empire, is a woman thrust into greatness in order to rule a land beset by strife and ancient evil. But suddenly her strength falters. An unseen force seems to strike against her to sap Aradia's Power. Terrified she wonders about the unborn child growing inside her. Could its power be growing as well, overwhelming her own?

The Aventine Empire is crumbling under the attacks of savages armed with strange and dangerous powers. Exiled from the empire, a powerful telepath named Leonardo is captured by the savages, and finds himself in unfamiliar territory. Prepared for their brutality and mindless aggression, Leonardo learns their world differs from what he has been taught, and he is forced to question all of his previously held assumptions. This edition includes the first three works of the seven-volume Savage Empire series, last issued more than 10 years ago.

This second book in the Savage Empire series introduces two new continuing characters to the saga of the Savage Empire. Zanos the Gladiator and Astra, a master reader, are loyal citizens of the Aventine Empire. Nevertheless, one holds a deadly secret and the other is drawn into a high-level conspiracy that brings them together and propels them into a desperate flight to the Savage Empire. A prophecy of peace and hope might provide a new life for them there—if their pursuing enemies don’t kill them first. One of Zanos and Astra’s new friends in the Savage Empire is the blind reader Torio, who has unexpectedly gained the rare talent of prophecy. The cryptic messages of his new gift send Zanos, Astra, Torio, and his beloved Melissa on a danger-filled journey north to Zanos’s homeland. There, each one finds a personal destiny, and all must pay a price for confronting the lethal Sorcerers of the Frozen Isles.