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Venom's Taste

expanded novel 2004 Forgotten Realms

Record

First published2004
Original language EN
Work typenovel
Canon statusexpanded
First-edition ISBN9780786931668
Internal chronology1

Synopsis

Hlondeth is a city populated by the yuan-ti, the humanoid serpents, and ruled by House Extaminos, the powerful House of Serpents. It is the ultimate target of the Pox, a human cult whose members worship the goddess of plague and disease and who begin to work the deadly will of Sibyl's Chosen, a dangerous cabal of yuan-ti who would turn every human in the city into a freakish tainted one, unless a yuan-ti half-blood can stop them all. The first book of Lisa Smedman's House of Serpents trilogy, the first Forgotten Realms series to explore the political intrigues of the yuan-ti race.

Where it sits

Notes

  • A solo Lisa Smedman trilogy following the yuan-ti Sibyl Alaodae, predating her later War of the Spider Queen and Lady Penitent contributions.
  • From the series record (House of Serpents): A solo Lisa Smedman trilogy following the yuan-ti Sibyl Alaodae, predating her later War of the Spider Queen and Lady Penitent contributions.

Neighbouring works

Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings and are never conflated: a book's place in one says nothing about its place in the other.

  • Publication order, within the series House of Serpents: position 1 of 3: next Viper's Kiss (2005)
  • Internal chronology, within Forgotten Realms: position 29 of 215: previous Daughter of the Drow (1995) · next Ironhelm (1990)

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