Tongues of Serpents [SEP] series
Tongues of Serpents
Tongues of Serpents is the sixth novel in the "Temeraire" alternate history/fantasy series by American author Naomi Novik. This installment follows William Laurence and his dragon, Temeraire's adventures in Australia.
"Tongues of Serpents" was released in hardcover and e-Book formats in North America and the United Kingdom by Voyager Books on July 13, 2010.
Plot details.
The story begins in New South Wales, where Laurence has been sentenced to "transportation" for his treasonous actions in
are small, with red pupils, and his red-tipped ears are large. His open mouth reveals his small white teeth, and two long red tongues protrude from the corners of his mouth.
This doubling of tongues evokes negative associations with serpents, which have forked tongues, a metaphoric reference to dishonest human beings. The expression 'forked tongues' is an ancient one and is found in the Bible (Nordenfalk 1975, n. 15).
Several pages before this double spread are written in yellow characters on a