Serpent Mage

The Death Gate Cycle, Volume 4

By: Margaret Weis, Tracy Hickman

Narrated by: Fajer Al-Kaisi

After the four worlds Alfred has at last found his people on Chelstra, the realm of sea. But his travels have taught him to be cautious... and Alfred soon realizes his caution is justified, even among his own kind. The one person Alfred can trust is, strangely, Haplo the Patryn. But Haplo's lord has decreed all Sartan to be the enemy, and Haplo dares not go against his lord. Now the companions have arrived in a land where humans, elves, and dwarves have learned to live in peace. Unaware of an even greater threat to all the realms, it is Sartan and Patryn who will disrupt this alliance of the lesser races in their struggle to gain control of all four worlds. Only Alfred and Haplo realize that they have a much older -- and more powerful -- enemy than each other...

*Includes a downloadable PDF of maps, sheet music for "Lady Dark", and other visuals from the book

Love returning to this series!

Such a great series! Can’t wait to listen to the next one. I have read them all and audible helps me revisit these worlds

Best of from Weis and Hickmen

The best of the series so far in my opinion, and read wonderfully as well.

Serpent Mage

Wasn’t my favorite Death Cycle book. The story was a little weak compared to their previous works.

excellent fantasy books/series

nothing I didn't like Alfred is a badass!!!read these books back in 92,still think they was ahead of their time

haplo and the dog

so much more to go if you are here... got to keep going.. moving to the fifth!!!

still one of the best.

the voice actor has hit his stride with this one. ever single character popped as much as they did when I first read this series. top 5 all time stories.

Water everywhere, not a drop to drink.

Further down the rabbit hole, who’s the good guys and who is the bad guys? In this one we meet more Sartan’s and they are the original ones who sundered the earth, it is interesting to see their righteousness. Haplo is divided and conflicted on his priorities. He and Alfred end up in even more trouble at the end, can’t wait to see how it plays out. Narrator is pretty good, could maybe put a bit more inflection in, but overall descent.

character story arch

The character development in this one is really good. I don't space out when listening to these books. very interesting.