8 /10 1 Votes
Originally published November 1986 Preceded by The Infinity Concerto | 4/5 Goodreads Genre Fiction | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nominations Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel Similar Greg Bear books, Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Serpent Mage (ISBN 0712616721) published in 1986, it is the second in a two book fantasy series written by Greg Bear. It is the sequel to The Infinity Concerto.
Plot
Michael Perrin is now back home on Earth, living with his parents and continuing his training. Perrin has inherited Arno Waltiri's home and estate. Perrin moves in and begins to go through Waltiri's papers, where he finds a strange news story about bodies that were discovered in a nearby hotel. Perrin is contacted by a musical faculty member from UCLA, Kristine Pendeers. Pendeers is searching for Infinity Concerto - Opus 45 with hopes that it has been left in Waltiri's estate, with the goal of completing Mahler's unfinished Symphony and performing the two pieces together. Perrin trains an apprentice Sidhe, and tries to arbitrate a peace between Sidhe and humans.