The Serpent's Shadow

Mercedes Lackey

Original title: The Serpent's Shadow (Elemental Masters #1)

earliest edition we have, 2001 DAW, 2002 paperback 400 pages

Elemental Masters (1)

Mercedes Lackey returns to form in The Serpent's Shadow, the fourth in her sequence of reimagined fairy tales. This story takes place in the London of 1909, and is based on "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs." Lackey creates echoes of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, pays affectionate homage to Dorothy Sayers's Lord Peter Wimsey (who plays an important role under a thin disguise), and turns the dwarves into seven animal avatars...

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The Serpent's Shadow audiobook · 2014 · Brilliance Audio · 9781480592216
The Serpent's Shadow ebook · 2009 · Penguin USA, Inc. · 9781101140826
The Serpent's Shadow (Elemental Masters, Book 1) paperback · 2002 · DAW · 400 pages · 9780756400613
The Serpent's Shadow (Elemental Masters #1) edition · 2001 · DAW Books · 343 pages

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