Among Serpents

Among SerpentsBy: Marc J Gregson Series: Above the Black Strap in for a high octane mission that hurls Conrad and crew toward jaw dropping discoveries that could trigger total obliteration, in Book Two of the Above the Black fantasy trilogy from the New York Times bestselling author of Sky's End. It takes guts to rise to the top of Meritocracy. Itll take sheer ruthlessness to stay there. As militants and monsters lay waste to the Skylands, Uncles lawless tyranny

Piet applies for a job as tutor to the troubled son of Europe's leading hotelier—a child who refuses to leave his family’s mansion on one of Amsterdam’s grandest canals

“Richly imagined

Rachel Ward | Illustrator:  Beatrice Tinarelli

but the visit takes an unexpected turn in this Flat Stanley I Can Read adventure

the pseudonymous “David

In addition to documenting the transformations of the ever-changing gardens over time

The whole thing is as stately as a minuet

What fun games will they play together

Ellie and Jamie will never be the same again

and at the center of it all are the numbers—a way of thinking about the game that ignores the obvious in favor of how things actually are

It was there he first heard of Opar

from its tragicomic beginnings to its apocalyptic conclusion