40 fantasy and science fiction books you should read in 2022
By Daniel Roman
The Thousand Eyes by A.K. Larkwood (The Serpent Gates #2) — February 15
The Unspoken Name was one of the strongest debuts of 2020. Author A.K. Larkwood introduced us to a vast fantasy multiverse as seen through the eyes of Csorwe, an orc priestess who was fated to be sacrificed to a god but slipped away from her fate with the help a wizard named Belthandros Sethennai. Traveling between worlds and coming to know the vastness of the snake empire, Csorwe was pulled into plots of intrigue and assassination as she came into her own as a mercenary swordswoman. In 2022, Larkwood is back with the sequel, The Serpent Gates:
Two years after defying the wizard Belthandros Sethennai and escaping into the great unknown, Csorwe and Shuthmili have made a new life for themselves, hunting for secrets among the ruins of an ancient snake empire.
Along for the ride is Tal Charossa, determined to leave the humiliation and heartbreak of his hometown far behind him, even if it means enduring the company of his old rival and her insufferable girlfriend.
All three of them would be quite happy never to see Sethennai again. But when a routine expedition goes off the rails and a terrifying imperial relic awakens, they find that a common enemy may be all it takes to bring them back into his orbit.
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