The Golden Slave

AVON BOOK DIVISION The Hearst Corporation 959 Eighth Avenue New York 19, N. Y.
An Avon Original
Copyright, 1960, by Poul Anderson
Published by arrangement with the author
Printed in the U. S. A.
Cordelia lay on the couch before him.
Light rippled along her gown of sheerest silk, and her flesh seemed to glow through.
Beside her the table bore wine and food prepared for two.
Eodan gaped.
Hail Cimbrian, Cordelia raised her hand and beckoned him. Come, she said.
Eodan swayed toward her, the blood roaring in his temples.
Will you drink with me? she asked softly.