Snake and SwordSnake and SwordReading editionChapter navigation17 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Snake and SwordChapter I · THE SNAKE AND THE SOUL.Chapter II · THE SWORD AND THE SNAKE.Chapter III · THE SNAKE APPEARS.Chapter IV · THE SWORD AND THE SOUL.Chapter V · LUCILLE.Chapter VI · THE SNAKE’S “MYRMIDON”.Chapter VII · LOVE—AND THE SNAKE.Chapter VIII · TROOPERS OF THE QUEEN.Chapter IX · A SNAKE AVENGES A HADDOCK AND LUCILLE BEHAVES IN AN UN-SMELLIEAN MANNER.Chapter X · MUCH ADO ABOUT ALMOST NOTHING—A TROOPER.Chapter XI · MORE MYRMIDONS.Chapter XII · VULTURES AND LUCK—GOOD AND BAD.Chapter XIII · FOUND.Chapter XIV · THE SNAKE AND THE SWORD.SEVEN YEARS AFTER.EPILOGUE.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →Part 1 — Chapter I · THE SNAKE AND THE SOUL.All chapters and sections (17)Other sectionsSnake and SwordPart 1 · Chapters1Part 2 · Chapters234567891011Part 3 · Chapters121314Part 3 · Other sectionsSEVEN YEARS AFTER.EPILOGUE.A Novelby Percival Christopher WrenDEDICATED TO MY WIFE ALICE LUCILLE WREN◇CHAPTER I. THE SNAKE AND THE SOUL. →