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The Serpent's Bite by Warren Adler

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Also by Warren Adler:

Nobodies, September 2025
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Beneath the Ivory Tower, May 2023
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The Serpent's Bite, September 2012
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THE SERPENT'S BITE
By: Warren Adler

Stonehouse Press
September 2012
On Sale: September 4, 2012
320 pages
ISBN: 159006044X
EAN: 9781590060445
Kindle: B00906GKRC
Hardcover / e-Book
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''How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child'' --King Lear, William Shakespeare

This famed quote by William Shakespeare finds its modern meaning in this taut, fast-paced, remarkable novel by renowned author Warren Adler. The Serpent's Bite will take you on a frightening horse trek through the far reaches of the Yellowstone wilderness that turns a father s quest to deal with parental guilt and reunite with his two adult children into a nightmare of lust, betrayal, entrapment, and death. Beyond the revelations of dark family secrets, readers will discover how an obsession for celebrity and blind ambition can distort familial love and turn a beloved child into a grotesque monster. Courtney Temple is sure to be judged as one of those most evil women in fiction, alongside the likes of Lady Macbeth, Medea, and the Wicked Witch of the West. Adler's latest novel takes its place next to the iconic The War of the Roses, in which the author exposed the true nature of marital dysfunction.