A review by vkemp
Antiphon by Ken Scholes

5.0

War is coming to the Named Lands. Rudolfo, his queen, Jin Li Tam and their son, Jakob are confronted at every turn by betrayals and difficulties. Winteria bar Mardic, queen of the Marsh Folk has been supplanted by her sister, Winteria the elder, who is preaching the gospel of Y’Zir and torturing people to bring them to her beliefs. Nebios Homeseeker is stranded in the Churning Wastes, besieged by blood-magicked scouts who fight him at every turn. He has found the Homeland and must get there by any means possible. The mechoservitors are now dreaming themselves. The Androfrancine order hides trying to understand the webs being woven throughout the Named Lands. Meanwhile, Vlad Li Tam is sailing the seas, searching for the Magician’s Ladder because it has been prophesized that he must find it for the light to remain in the world. The reader is now three volumes into the Psalms of Isaak, with at least two more volumes to come. This is world building at its best with each storyline plotted carefully and integrated into a vast spinning universe. I cannot wait to see how it all plays out.