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Country United States Series The Death Gate Cycle Publisher Bantam Spectra Originally published April 1992 Followed by The Hand of Chaos | 4/5 Goodreads Language English Genre Fantasy Publication date 1992 Preceded by Fire Sea Page count 450 (paperback) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Characters Orla, Grundle, Alfred, Haplo, Sabia, Alake, Samah Similar Margaret Weis books, The Death Gate Cycle books, Fantasy books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serpent Mage is the fourth book in The Death Gate Cycle series written by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. It was released in 1992.
Contents
Plot
After the four worlds Alfred has at last found his people on Chelstra, the realm of sea. But his travels have taught him to be cautious... and Alfred soon realizes his caution is justified, even among his own kind. The one person Alfred can trust is, strangely, Haplo the Patryn. But Haplo's lord has decreed all Sartan to be the enemy, and Haplo dares not go against his lord. Now the companions have arrived in a land where humans, elves, and dwarves have learned to live in peace. Unaware of an even greater threat to all the realms, it is Sartan and Patryn who will disrupt this alliance of the lesser races in their struggle to gain control of all four worlds. Only Alfred and Haplo realize that they have a much older—and more powerful—enemy than each other...
Criticism and praise
Serpent Mage was reviewed by Booklist, Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly.
The book hit the bestseller lists for Locus, Waldenbooks, and B. Dalton.