The Bear and the Serpent

<p><b><i>The Bear and the Serpent </i></b><b>is the second book in Adrian Tchaikovsky’s epic fantasy trilogy, Echoes of the Fall, following <i>The Tiger and the Wolf</i>.</b><br><br><b>‘Addictively brilliant’ </b>– <b>John Gwynne on <i>The Tiger and the Wolf</i></b><br><br><b>As the south is in turmoil, an old terror emerges in the north . . .</b><br><br>Maniye, child of both Wolf and Tiger clans, has been named Champion of her people. But they’re unsure if she’s an asset – or a threat. To buy time, she joins Prince Tecuman’s warband of outcasts and heads south, to help him gain his crown. She wants to discover her true place in the world, but instead heads into the jaws of a fierce new conflict.<br><br>Civil war threatens as Tecuman and his twin sister battle for the throne, for only one ca