Lenardo, one of the most powerful Readers in the Aventine Empire, can read thoughts and sense details about objects and people miles away. His abilities are crucial, since the Empire is being attacked by savages with immense psychic powers. When he discovers that one of his former students, Galen, has turned traitor, he's sent on a mission to retrieve the turncoat. Instead, he encounters Lady Aradia, who dreams of ending the conflict. But most of the savage Adepts are allied with Lord Drakonius, whose only interest lies in conquest. Can Lenardo and Aradia find some means together to end the war? The first volume (out of seven) of The Savage Empire Series. Great fantasy adventure!
Lenardo, a master Reader with strong telepathic powers, meets Aradia, a Lady Adept who can use her powers both to heal and destroy. Together they defeat an evil Lord Adept. When the war's over, though, what then? Can they actually build an empire together? Each then decides to sacrifice their own powers to weaken the other's. Is this treachery--or something else entirely? And then a new menace appears on the horizon. There's a fine line between love and hate. The Savage Empire, Book Two.
Torio, a renegade Reader, has broken his oath and taken his powers of telepathy to the Savage Lands. The Savage Adepts have driven back the walls of the Empire, using their mysterious gifts of sorcery. Now, with the Readers in their midst, their powers--to tumble walls, to sink ships, to cause the earth to swallow entire cities--can reach into the very heart of the Empire. Melissa, Reader and Healer, must learn to leave her body for a treacherous journey into the Savage Lands, to save her true love and her world. Without her help, the Savage Empire may be doomed! The third thrilling novel in this fantasy adventure series!
Powerful telepath Magister Astra is sent to the savage Aventine Empire to tend the wounded gladiators and finds herself caught in a web of greed, intrigue, sorcery, and vengeance
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?