It is nine months after the end of the previous book. Many noble allies have come to the Ninefold Forest for a Feast in honour of General Rudolfo's first-born child. 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. All of Rudolpho's noble guests are slain, including Hanric, the Marsh Queen's Shadow. 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".
- ISBN10 0765360926
- ISBN13 9780765360922
- Publish Date 31 August 2010 (first published 13 October 2009)
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 19 January 2017
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Tor Books
- Format Paperback
- Pages 496
- Language English