Serpent's Reach

Serpent's Reach
Serpent's Reach first edition cover, depicts Raen a Sul hant Meth-maren, and a Majat
AuthorC. J. Cherryh
Cover artistKen Barr
LanguageEnglish
GenreScience fiction
PublisherNelson Doubleday
Publication date
May 1980
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages312 (hardcover edition)
ISBN0-88677-088-2

Serpent's Reach is a 1980 science fiction novel by American writer C. J. Cherryh. The book was nominated for the Locus Award for Best Novel in 1981. It is set in the author's Alliance-Union universe.

Specific placement of the novel within the Alliance-Union timeline is difficult because two of Cherryh's works provide contradictory dates. The events in the novel most likely begin in the year 3141 (see "Timeline issues" below).

The work was first published as a Science Fiction Book Club edition through Nelson Doubleday in May 1980, followed by a DAW Books paperback edition in August of that year.