The Serpent's Coil

About the Author Christy Raedeke is many things, among them an award-winning writer and avid adventurer.'' '' Raedeke's love of mysticism and thirst for ancient knowledge has taken her around the world. She has trekked in the Himalayas, floated down the River Ganges, explored the catacombs under Paris and Rome, studied feng shui in Kuala Lumpur, cloistered at an hermitage in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, spent Halloween in a 16th century Scottish castle, and gone looking for shaman among the Mayan ruins of the Yucatan. Raedeke was the 2008 recipient of the Edna L. Holmes Fellowship in Young Readers Literature from Oregon Literary Arts and her writing for young adults has earned several awards and accolades. She is a member of the PEN America Center and the Society of Children′s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). When not globetrotting, Raedeke lives with her family in Oregon. Prophecy of Days is her debut novel. Excerpt. ''© Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.