The Will of the Empress (46 page)

Copyright © 2005 by Tamora Pierce

Cover art by Jonathan Barkat

Cover design by Steve Scott

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Pierce, Tamora.

The will of the empress / by Tamora Pierce.—1st ed.

p. cm.

Summary: On visit to Namorn to visit her vast land holdings and her devious cousin, Empress Berenene, eighteen-year-old Sandry must rely on her childhood friends and fellow mages, Daja, Tris, and Briar, despite the distance that has grown between them.

[1. Magic—Fiction. 2. Courts and courtiers—Fiction. 3. Kings, queens, rulers, etc.—Fiction. 4. Friendship—Fiction. 5. Fantasy.] I. Title.

PZ7. P61464Wil 2005

[Fic]—dc22

2005002874

First edition, November 2005

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