The thousand eyes

The price for saving the one you love could be losing yourself. Book two of The Serpent Gates series begins two years after events in The Unspoken Name (2020). Csorwe and her lover, the priestess mage Shuthmili, have become business partners with Tal Charossa, Csorwe's former rival. Tal is still a scoundrel with only one real talent--swordsmanship--but that comes in quite handy in their line of work. They have been hired to find the lost hatchery of the Echentyr, an ancient snake civilization that was destroyed by the Thousand Eyes goddess. When their client is killed after awakening a 3000-year-old snake warrior fiercely loyal to her deity, the trio is drawn into a quest and a winner-takes-all confrontation among multiple immortals and their followers. It will be left to Tal, never the best planner, to devise a rescue. Ancient relics, old foes, and new allies abound as Larkwood delves further into her vibrant fantasy world of fickle gods, blood sacrifices, treachery, unswerving fidelity, and boundless love that will intrigue fans and attract new series readers.