Wall of Serpents

L. Sprague deCamp, Fletcher Pratt

Orion, Sep 29, 2011 - Fiction - 69 pages

The Mathematics of Magic was probably the greatest discovery of the ages - at least Professor Harold Shea thought so. With the proper equations, he could instantly transport himself back in time to all the wondrous lands of ancient legend.

But slips in time were a hazard, and Shea's magic did not always work - at least, not quite as he expected . . .

The Wall of Serpents is the third in L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt's much-loved Compleat Enchanter series.

About the author

Lyon Sprague de Camp was born in 1907 and died in 2000. During a writing career that spanned seven decades, he wrote over a hundred books in the areas of science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction, non-fiction and biography. Although arguably best known for his continuation of Robert E. Howard's Conan stories, de Camp was an important figure in the formative period of modern SF, alongside the likes of Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein, and was a winner of the Hugo, World Fantasy Life Achievement and SFWA Grand Master awards. Fletcher Pratt (1897-1956) was an American SF and fantasy author. He worked in collaboration with L. Sprague de Camp on many books, most famously the Harold Shea series.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Wall of Serpents; Gateway Essentials
• Authors: L. Sprague deCamp, Fletcher Pratt
• Publisher: Orion, 2011
• ISBN: 0575103426, 9780575103429
• Length: 69 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Fantasy / Dark Fantasy; Fiction / Fantasy / Epic; Fiction / Fantasy / General