Read an Excerpt From Kate Pearsall’s <i>Lies on the Serpent&#8217;s Tongue</i>

Kate Pearsall is the author of the critically acclaimed novel Bittersweet in the Hollow. When she’s not writing, she can be found willfully indulging her curiosity by disappearing into museums, exploring new places, and becoming deeply submerged into obscure topics that inevitably make their way into future stories.