The Serpent Mage

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From the New York Timesbestselling and award-winning author of The Infinity Concerto, the fantasy saga continues ...

After five years trapped in the Realm of the Sidhedark, Michael Perrin has returned home. He wants nothing more than to live a normal lifebut the unearthly music of Arno Waltiri continues to play on.

The song of power has weakened the veil between the human and faerie worlds. The streets of Los Angeles are haunted by uncanny beings,strange bodies have been discovered in a dilapidated hotel,and an ancient creature calls to Michael from the waters of a loch in Scotland.

The Sidhe have followed Michael home. To repair the rift between Earth and Realm, man and fae, he will have to wield the magic he wished he never learnedand complete an unfinished symphony linked to the ethereal melody of Waltiris Opus 45, the Infinity Concerto.

This follow-up to The Infinity Concerto is a work of fresh, out-of-the-ordinary fantasy by an acclaimed winner of the Nebula and Hugo Awards, the author of The Forge of God, the Forerunner Saga, and other reader favorites.

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Praise for Greg Bear
A delight. A vision of Faery that may owe a bit to a wish to do it right. Read it. Analog on The Infinity Concerto

Greg Bear is one of the best of this generations idea writers. He explores the very edge of tomorrow and makes you feel what might happen the day after that. David Brin

A writer of remarkable talent and fresh vision. Library Journal

Author Bio

Greg Bear is the author of over twenty-five books, which have been translated into seventeen languages. He has won science fictions highest honors and is considered the natural heir to Arthur C. Clarke. The recipient of two Hugo Awards and four Nebula Awards, Bear has been called the best working writer of hard science fiction bythe Science Fiction Encyclopedia. Many of his novels, such asDarwins Radio, are considered to be classics of his generation. Bear is married to Astrid Andersonwho is the daughter of science fiction great Poul Andersonand they are the parents of two children, Erik and Alexandria. Bears recent publications include the thrillerQuantico and its sequel, Mariposa; the epic science fiction novel City at the End of Time;and the generation starship novelHull Zero Three.