Captives of the Savage Empire

Savage Empire #3

by Jean Lorrah

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

Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction Fantasy

210 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published February 1, 1984

About the author

Jean Lorrah is a science fiction and fantasy author. She has produced several Star Trek novels and often collaborated with Jacqueline Lichtenberg. Her most recent work with Lichtenberg is on the Sime - Gen Universe. Her fantasy series The Savage Empire, from the 1980s, is mostly solo work. She is also a professor of English at Murray State University and received her PhD from Florida State University.

Reviews

[James]

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

[Thomas · Rating 1 out of 5]

Impossibly boring. No twists. The heroes have no flaws and are perfect paragons. The actual writing is okay but the only thing that would have saved this after the halfway point would have been if the Lord Adepts turned out to be the bad guys and Melissa was working for the villains all along, which would have actually been interesting. But no.

[Little Timmy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good 3rd book in the series. Nice to see the writer shift story focus on some secondary characters for this book. Nice east fantasy/SiFi read. Recommended

[SciFiOne · Rating 4 out of 5]

1988 grade B

Series book SE3