Canticle

Come back to the Named Lands in this compelling sequel to Ken Scholes amazing novel Lamentation. It is nine months after the end of the previous book.#xA0; Many noble allies have come to the Ninefold Forest for a Feast in honor of General Rudolfo's#xA0; first-born child.#xA0; Jin Li Tam, his wife and mother of his heir, lies in childbed. As the feast begins, the doors of the hall fly open and invisible assassins begin attacking.#xA0;#xA0; All of Rudolfo's noble guests are slain, including Hanric, the Marsh Queen's Shadow.#xA0; And on the Keeper's Gate, which guards the Named Lands from the Churning Waste, a strange figure appears, with a message for Petronus, the Hidden Pope. Thus begins the second movement of The Psalms of Isaak, Canticle.