homedawg Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Have been considering giving this series a go, but haven't seen much discussion on it. Is it worth the effort? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sci-2 Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I liked the first one. I never went back, but this was more due to being busy with work/school. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 I really enjoy the way the story has been developing. I think the lack of discussion about it is that it has been two years since the last book was released. Here's the old thread about it. I eagerly await books 4 & 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mandred torgridson Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 I really love that series - definitely in my top 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Did Book 3 come out? I can't remember...that's how long it's been. That being said, I very much loved the first two. Scholes is certainly underrated with a chance to get the kind of attention that Daniel Abraham and some others have...though it may depend on how he delivers on the final installments of the series... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Finally got my hands on book three...and no one still is talking about this series. I like it anyway... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Richard Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Book 4 is due out soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedEyedGhost Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 Finally got my hands on book three...and no one still is talking about this series. I like it anyway...There was some talk about book four's cover in the last upcoming cover art thread. I, for one, am really looking forward to it. Hopefully Ken's health and family troubles have resolved as well as possible, and we'll get book 5 on time next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted April 6, 2013 Share Posted April 6, 2013 There was some talk about book four's cover in the last upcoming cover art thread. I, for one, am really looking forward to it. Hopefully Ken's health and family troubles have resolved as well as possible, and we'll get book 5 on time next year.That cover does look a little like Van der Beek. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaxom 1974 Posted May 4, 2013 Share Posted May 4, 2013 Antiphon was enjoyable in so much that I am thinking about the world in a broader sense and where Scholes' is going with all of this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calibandar Posted May 5, 2013 Share Posted May 5, 2013 Kirkus reviews has given this book a starred review. There may be spoilers if you're sensitive to general plot comments ( I'm not).The long-awaited fourth and penultimate installment of the sci-fi/fantasy saga The Psalms of Isaak (Antiphon, 2010, etc.) takes off running and doesn't stop. A generations-spanning plan has borne its violent fruit, and the Y'Zirites, an empire of religious zealots who believe that ritual bloodletting and scarification "heal the world," are on the verge of conquering the Named Lands. However, various factions of resistance are prepared to make their last stand. The remaining armies plot one final, devastating act of sabotage. In accordance with a message from her long-dead grandfather, Lady Jin Li Tam intends to assassinate Y'Zir's mysterious Crimson Empress. Jin's husband, Gypsy King Rudolfo, pretends to collaborate with the conquerors while secretly plotting their defeat. Meanwhile, Jin's father, Vlad Li Tam, now possessed of a devastating magical artifact, pursues his own terrible purpose in Y'Zir. And those are only some of the threads of a complexly woven story (others include exploring the ruins of a highly advanced civilization on the moon and the desperate flight of an amnesiac mechoservitor and the little girl who loves him). Jumping into the series at this point is decidedly inadvisable, but readers of previous volumes will be enthralled--and entirely occupied with keeping track of which side everyone's on, as the genuine and the elaborately faked betrayals pile up. As various parts of the epic's plotlines become clearer, motivations become murkier; it's still anyone's guess how this will end. Exciting, dizzying, heartbreaking.Publisher's Weekly chimes in as well:After three books (Lamentation, Canticle, and Antiphon) and a three-year break, Scholes resumes the Psalms of Isaak series with this intricate adventure. Rudolfo, the Gypsy King, deals with political intrigue, treachery, and the constant threat of the Y’Zirite armies. Isaak, the wayward mechoservitor, is found by the farmgirl Marta. Pope Petronus delves into ancient secrets, laying bare the layers of myth stretching over the centuries. Rumors and prophecies suggest that soon the long-broken world will be healed at last. Fitting with the frequent incorporation of dreams into the story, the narrative has a removed, almost hallucinatory feel; even when things happen, they happen in nebulous ways. Science fiction and fantasy elements overlap seamlessly, bringing Scholes’s far-future post-apocalyptic world to life in captivating detail. While new readers will be lost in the myriad plotlines, characters, and alien concepts, fans will undoubtedly enjoy this continuation of the saga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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