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The Spy Princess

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by Sherwood Smith


  Peitar’s and my lives were forever changed. Father was dead, and here we were, king and princess. We’d known one another’s true selves for so short a time, and now he belonged to the kingdom, whereas I . . .

  I belong to myself, I thought, looking out over the lake. Peitar had agreed that if Innon and I wanted, we could dissolve our betrothal. And, before he returned to Delfina, Tsauderei had told me, Remember what I said. He needs you.

  How? I asked. I can’t govern.

  Be yourself. It’s the best gift you can give him.

  How could I help him, since we’d promised never to nag each other? What was that about perspective? I groaned again.

  Peitar laughed. “Now what’s wrong?”

  “All that writing. I don’t know if I can do it!”

  But I have!

  And here it is.

  Sherwood Smith first started writing about Lilah’s world, Sartorias-deles, when she was eight years old, and hasn’t stopped since! Her novels include Crown Duel and, for younger readers, the Wren books (Wren to the Rescue, Wren’s Quest, Wren’s War, and Wren Journeymage) and A Posse of Princesses. Wren’s War was both a Mythopoeic Award Finalist and an Anne Spencer Lindbergh Award Finalist. Her story “Mom and Dad on the Home Front” was a Nebula Award Finalist.

  She has served on the jury for SFWA’s Andre Norton Award since its inception and is an active member of Book View Café (www.bookviewcafe.com), a publishing nexus for writers, readers, and all those concerned with science fiction and fantasy.

  When not writing, she has worked as a teacher and in theater. She lives in California with her family and thousands of books. Visit her at www.sherwoodsmith.net.

  ALSO BY SHERWOOD SMITH

  The Sartorias-deles Books

  A Stranger to Command

  Crown Duel

  Over the Sea: CJ’s First Notebook

  Mearsies Heali Bounces Back: CJ’s Second Notebook

  Hunt Across Worlds: CJ’s Third Notebook

  Poor World: CJ’s Fourth Notebook

  Senrid

  Fleeing Peace

  Sasharia en Garde: Once a Princess

  Sasharia en Garde: Twice a Prince

  The Trouble with Kings

  The Spy Princess

  The Wren Books

  A Posse of Princesses

  Barefoot Pirate

  Wren to the Rescue

  Wren’s Quest

  Wren’s War

  Wren Journeymage

 

 

 


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