Serpent's Walk

Serpent's Walk

Author	M. A. R. Barker (using the pseudonym Randolph D. Calverhall)
Language	English
Genre	Science fiction
Publisher	National Vanguard Books
Publication date	1991
Media type	Print
Pages	449
ISBN	0-937944-05-X
OCLC	28173024
LC Class	MLCS 93/04796

Serpent's Walk is a neo-Nazi science fiction novel written by M. A. R. Barker, published under the pseudonym Randolph D. Calverhall. It was published in 1991 by National Vanguard Books, the book publishing division of the neo-Nazi group the National Alliance. The book features an alternate history where SS soldiers begin an underground resistance after the end of WWII; the protagonist, Alan Lessing, eventually becomes the Führer and worldwide dictator of the Fourth Reich, following a pandemic that eliminates millions. The book espouses a belief in an international Jewish conspiracy and extensively quotes Mein Kampf. The book saw some popularity with far-right extremists, though far less than the more notorious book The Turner Diaries, also published by National Vanguard Books. Scholars have noted it as more literary than that book, with a heavier focus on science fiction.

Barker was a science fiction and fantasy writer known for his creation of the fictional universe of Tékumel. As Serpent's Walk was published under a pseudonym, his authorship of the work was publicly unknown until 2022, though Barker's Tékumel Foundation found out after his death in 2012. Prior to the reveal of Barker's authorship, one theory was that it was written by William Luther Pierce, the author of The Turner Diaries and the leader of the National Alliance. In 2018, scholar Amina Inloes alluded to the book in a piece on Barker, but did not mention it by name; in March 2022, the Tékumel Foundation confirmed that Barker had authored the book, and they repudiated Barker's views and apologized for not having acknowledged his authorship earlier.