Music

My playlists for this book were built from three types of sources:

• Soundtracks to pulp adventure movies (e.g. Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow)
• Music from dragon-related things (e.g. How to Train Your Dragon, Bioware’s Dragon Age games)
• African music (e.g. Talisman)

I have a long-standing habit of making soundtracks for my novels. The titles below are designed to minimize spoilers, but still, proceed at your own risk. A playlist of most of these tracks is available on Spotify.

The Tropic of Serpents

• The Tropic of Serpents — “The Rainmaker,” Talisman, After Silence
• A Break-In at Kemble’s — “Is It Poison, Nanny?,” Hans Zimmer, Sherlock Holmes
• Oscott Family Troubles — “Knighting Peter,” Harry Gregson-Williams, The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
• At Sea — “Storms in Africa,” Enya, Watermark
• Nsebu and Atuyem — “Baba Yetu,” Christopher Tin
• Hunting Savannah Snakes — “Aequor Oris,” Cirque du Soleil, Zaia
• Ankumata of the Iron Legs — “Song of the Nile,” Dead Can Dance, Spiritchaser [selection]
• Into the Green Hell — “Main Title,” Brian Gascoigne and Junior Homrich, The Emerald Forest
• The Dragon Roars — “The Slam,” Graeme Revell, The Chronicles of Riddick
• Witchcraft — “Famine Song,” Talisman, Passage
• The Great Cataract — “Mirror of the Two Worlds,” Cirque du Soleil, Zed [selection]
• Velloin and Okweme — “The Shepherdess/Back to Gevaudan/ The Beastmaster,” Joe LoDuca, Brotherhood of the Wolf
• On the Waterfall Island — “Birth of the Sky,” Cirque du Soleil, Zed
• Flight of the Furcula — “Dragon’s Den,” John Powell, How to Train Your Dragon
• Labane — “Shroud,” Delerium, Archives
• The Forest Strikes — “The Games and Escape,” James Horner, Apocalypto
• Past and Future — “Hella Bar Talk,” Michael Giacchino, Star Trek