In the Serpent's Wake

By: Rachel Hartman

Narrated by: Katharine Lee McEwan

From the critically acclaimed and bestselling author of Seraphina comes a piercing new fantasy adventure that champions our resilience and humility.

MIND OF THE WORLD,
OPEN YOUR EYES.

At the bottom of the world lies a Serpent, the last of its kind.
Finding the Serpent will change lives.

Tess is a girl on a mission to save a friend.
Spira is a dragon seeking a new identity.
Marga is an explorer staking her claim on a man’s world.
Jacomo is a priest searching for his soul.

There are those who would give their lives to keep it hidden.
And those who would destroy it.

But the only people who will truly find the Serpent are those who have awakened to the world around them—with eyes open to the wondrous, the terrible, and the just.

Discover more critically-acclaimed YA from Rachel Hartman!
Seraphina
Shadow Scale
Tess of the Road

Critic reviews

"Wonderful, instantly immersive and deeply affecting." —The New York Times

“Hartman deftly reflects our own world’s worries in this adventurous fantasy, but always with an eye toward hope and healing…. This is a much-needed book.” —Booklist, starred review

“Hartman’s inclusive world grapples with questions of sovereignty and colonization, religion, and gender in ways that both reflect and comment on our own world…. A compelling duology closer." —Kirkus Reviews

More please?

What an incredible series. Please say there will be more? I was hooked into this other world before I realized it. Thanks

Unexpected Ending / Beautiful story

Obsessed with everything about this! Such character growth. I found myself crying, yelling, angry, shocked, happy, …. All of the emotions.

Spectacular, I can’t wait to reread it!

Mind of the world open your eyes

A meta exploration of collective consciousness, the power of story, and an epic queering of the hero’s journey.

A very helpful imagining of what it can look like for white people to learn to decenter ourselves; Sometimes we have to side kick the world.

And, very importantly, an absolute pleasure of a read.

Brilliant. And so much more!!

The author represents everyday global social issues in wonderful story form. There is adventure, heartbreak, repentance, tolerance/ intolerance, romance, self awareness, disappointment, and more sandwiched a very appealing form. Although illustrating some hard truths, I came away with a good feeling that all has its place in the journey of life. That there is hope and room for individuality and satisfaction in accepting diverse friendships. I can’t help but think this series is a future classic.
Narrator, excellent. Author, excellent. A thank you to all involved for bringing this book into my heart and mind. If the author does not write another word, she has left a full life’s work within these 3 books. Again my thanks.

A good story of becoming true self

Is a long interwoven story of people and past Deeds and current actions.Both good bad and neither. Maybe not happily ever after but stumbling ever after.