The Sun to Me is Dark
The Unspoken Name (The Serpent Gates, volume 1)
By A. K. Larkwood
26 Jan, 2021
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2020’s The Unspoken Name is the first novel in A. K. Larkwood’s new series, The Serpent Gates.
Csorwe is the latest in a long line of Chosen Brides of the Unspoken One. Until she turns fourteen, she will serve as a prophetess in the House of Silence. When she turns fourteen, she will ascend to the Shrine of the Unspoken One, perform a religious rite, and then disappear into the Shrine, never to be seen again.
What exactly happens to the Brides is unknown — each Bride enters the Shrine alone — but hauntings by revenants of previous Brides suggests that it’s nothing good. Csorwe will soon discover for herself the fate of Brides, because her fourteenth birthday is imminent.
Then a stranger arrives.