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Empress Unborn by Jean Lorrah
Foreword
The entire Savage Empire series is dedicated to the person who got me into professional sf writing and
then encouraged me to start my own series: Jacqueline Lichtenberg

Special thanks go to Winston A. Howlett, who read right behind me as I worked on this book, and
helped me keep my facts straight. Winston might be called the official historian of the Savage Empire.
Besides coau-thoring two books with me, he is editor of Wolf-Stone, a fanzine dedicated to the series.
Send a SASE to the address below if you are interested.

Thanks to Camille Bacon-Smith, Patricia Frazer Lamb, Candace Pulleine, and Mary S. Van Deusen,
who provided just the inspiration I needed, when I needed it, to pull out of a writing slump.

I would also like to thank the many readers who have sent comments about previous books in this series;
I hope you enjoy this one as well.

If this is your first experience of the Savage Empire series, welcome! Each book is designed to be read
independently, so don't worry that there are currently six others. If you like this one, you can read the rest
later. Please don't try to collect all seven before you start reading. Any series that goes on for this long
always has some volumes out of print. As the ones out of print now are reprinted, different ones will go
out—so there will always be readers starting a series somewhere in the middle.

We authors of series work very hard to make each and every book accessible to the new reader. Trust
me!

If there are readers who would like to comment on this book, my publishers will forward letters to me. If
you prefer, you may write to me at Box 625, Murray, KY 42071. If your letter requires an answer,
please enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope.

All comments are welcome. I came to professional writing through fan writing and publishing, where there
is close and constant communication between writers and readers. Thus I shall always be grateful for the
existence of sf fandom, which has provided me with many exciting experiences, and through which I have
met so many wonderful people.
Jean Lorrah Murray, Kentucky

Chapter One
Aradia, Lady Adept of the Savage Empire, paced the halls of Castle Blackwolf as she waited impatiently
for her husband, Lenardo, to bring home her brother, Wulfston.

I'm already thoroughly tired of being pregnant, she thought, and I still have six months to go!
She wondered if Lenardo was humoring her, or if he, too, was concerned about Wulfston. Her brother
had invited them to come for a celebration, but once they arrived he did not seem happy with their