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Title	:	Canticle (Psalms of Isaak #2)
Author	:	Ken Scholes
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 384 pages
Published	:	October 13th 2009 by Tor Books
Categories	:	Fantasy. Epic Fantasy. Fiction. Science Fiction

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Come back to the Named Lands.

Nine months ago, the power and wealth of the now-dissolved Androfancine Order passed into the hands of Rudolfo, General of the Wandering Army and Lord of the Ninefold Forest Houses. Nine months ago, his consort, Jin Li Tam, told him that she was finally with child and he would have an heir. Nine months ago, Rudolfo and Isaak began the arduous task of transcribing the books and records from the devastated city of Windwir that were stored in the memories of the mechoservitors, and collecting whatever books remained in the Named Lands into a new Great Library.

Today, many noble allies have come to the Ninefold Forest for a feast in honor of General Rudolfo’s  first-born child.  Jin Li Tam lies in childbed, laboring to give birth…

As the feast begins, the doors of the hall fly open and magicked, invisible assassins attack. The Gypsy Scouts are unable to fight them off, and all of Rudolfo’s noble guests are slain, including Hanric, the Marsh Queen’s Shadow. And yet Rudolfo himself is not touched.

And at the same time, on the Keeper’s Gate, which guards the Named Lands from the Churning Wastes, a strange figure has appeared with a message for Petronus, the Hidden Pope.

Thus begins the second movement of The Psalms of Isaak, Canticle.

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Original Title:	Canticle
ISBN:	0765321289 (ISBN13: 9780765321282)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Psalms of Isaak #2
Literary Awards:	Locus Award Nominee for Best Fantasy Novel (2010)

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I listened to the audio-book version of this because that was the only edition my local library had. The book was read by several different readers--Scott Brick, William Dufris, Eliza Foss, and Peter Larkin--with each reader performing the sections for one or two characters. Unfortunately, I found I disliked almost all of them, with the very notable exception of the reader for Petronus. The reader for Neb and Rudolfo was especially bad. He made every sentence sound like it ended in a sigh. He

Nine months have passed since the destruction of Windwir. The kingdom of the Ninefold Forest Houses has taken up the mantle of 'the light', the collected wisdom of ancient times, and built a new library to preserve the remnants of what was lost when Windwir fell. However, war and civil war wracks the Named Lands and House Li Tam has sailed into the southern ocean, following a hint that previous events are being orchestrated by a hidden power for their own, inscrutable ends.Canticle is the second

I thought it was better than Lamentation, but the torture scenes was a bit much for me.

How do you top a stunning debut novel? If youre Ken Scholes, you release a sequel, titled Canticle. Canticle is the second installment in Kens The Pslams of Isaak series, the first being Lamentation. If you havent read Lamentation, I would strongly suggest you do. Not only does Canticle surpass Lamentation in every possible way, but, in my opinion, cements Mr. Scholes as one of the best Fantasy authors walking the planet today.From the publisher:Come back to the Named Lands in this compelling

As unpredictable and dynamic as Lamentation was, things get even more twisty here. Scholes takes his POV characters into unexpected directions and it becomes clear that the repercussions of the Desolation of Windwir are much greater than the first novel hinted at. New threats emerge. Or are they really new? How much of it ties into the Windwir incident? It's also very clear that nothing is quite what it seems. Scholes reveals more of his world here, and what we get to see is tantalizing. I'm

Inspired by spending too much time with this book.

I'm not sure on 4 stars, but definitely better than 3. After two books, the trend I've noticed (if it even actually exists) is long, slow interludes of repeating for the reader 'what has come before,' punctuated by points of dramatic plot progression. Across the multiple POVs (somewhere around 5 to 7), the slow periods of plot development and the rapid moments of plot revelation all occur concurrently. I don't think I would be willing to label it an asset or liability at this point, but merely