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The Serpent Sea by Martha Wells

The Serpent Sea

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Martha Wells

Night Shade Books · Ebook · January 1, 2012

Moon, once a solitary wanderer, has become consort to Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud court.

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Genres
Epic Fantasy, Fantasy Romance, Fantasy Adventure
Published
Night Shade Books, January 1, 2012

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About this book

Moon, once a solitary wanderer, has become consort to Jade, sister queen of the Indigo Cloud court. Together, they travel with their people on a pair of flying ships in hopes of finding a new home for their colony. Moon finally feels like he’s found a tribe where he belongs. But when the travelers reach the ancestral home of Indigo Cloud, shrouded within the trunk of a mountain-sized tree, they discover a blight infecting its core.

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Nearby they find the remains of the invaders who may be responsible, as well as evidence of a devastating theft. This discovery sends Moon and the hunters of Indigo Cloud on a quest for the heartstone of the tree — a quest that will lead them far away, across the Serpent Sea. In this followup to The Cloud Roads, Martha Wells returns with a world-spanning odyssey, a mystery that only provokes more questions — and the adventure of a lifetime.

Why It Clicks

Come here for

  • Martha Wells momentum
  • fantasy-adventure immersion

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  • epic-fantasy framing
  • YA creature-story energy

Where it sits

Epic Fantasy79%
Fantasy Adventure56%
Fantasy Romance40%

Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.

Publisher categories

  • Fantasy
  • Epic Fantasy
  • Fantasy Adventure
Authors
Martha Wells
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Published
January 1, 2012
Format
Ebook
Reading lane
Fantasy