Just That The Time Was Wrong
Serpentine (Serpentine, volume 1)
By Cindy Pon
21 Oct, 2022
Doing the WFC's Homework
2015’s Serpentine is the first of two books in Cindy Pon’s Serpentine historical fantasy duology.
While young, both Zhen Ni and Skybright know full well the path their lives must take. Aristocratic Zhen Ni will be married off to the suitable highborn man her parents choose for her. When Zhen Ni leaves her parent’s household, her handmaid Skybright will accompany her. Married life will follow, as might children, and eventually death. Zhen Ni and Skybright’s happiness is irrelevant.
Their lives will take a different turn.