The Unspoken Name
core novel 2020 The Serpent Gates
Record
| First published | 2020 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  EN |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.72 (9,648 ratings, collected 2026-08-13) |
| First-edition ISBN | 9781250238900 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Where it sits
- Universe: The Serpent Gates
- Series: The Serpent Gates core; position 1 of 2 in the series' recorded order
- Author: A.K. Larkwood
Awards (verified)
- Locus Award (Best First Novel), 2021: finalist; Confirmed directly via sfadb.com's own 2021 Locus Awards results: placed 9th in the Best First Novel poll. Per this canon's Locus no-cutoff-poll convention, any non-1st-place placement registers as 'finalist' with the rank noted here rather than in a separate field.
Notes
- From the series record (The Serpent Gates): A debut fantasy duology following Csorwe, an orc priestess raised to be sacrificed to a god, who is instead recruited by a wizard to travel between worlds through the ancient Serpent Gates. Marketed by the publisher as a complete 2-book series (collected in a single 'The Serpent Gates' omnibus edition); no 3rd volume announced.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Serpent Gates: position 1 of 2: next The Thousand Eyes (2022)
Sources
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