The Echo of Things to Come

by James Islington

The lesser of two evils, or the greater good. Get a good man to utter either of those phrases and there is no one more eager to begin perpetrating evil.

The second installment of the Licanius Trilogy did not disappoint. Davian, Asha, and Wir are back, cleaning up the messes that the wave of the blind and almost collapse of the boundary that separates them and the unknown beyond. Wir is left fighting for his position in the country, Davian finally escapes North to the boundary with a team of augurs under a new amnesty that allows them to use Kan as the gifted uses essence, hopefully to fix the boundary, while Asha is thrown into the middle.

Caeden's sudden disappearance after winning the battle against the soldiers known as the blind that escaped the boundary into the south, took him back to his past. A man, another immortal being who seemed to know Caeden was waiting for him and helped begin to unlock the memories of who Caeden really is. He is the Veranate, 13 immortal beings, each with a unique talent for Kan, like time travel, or forgery. The 13 had all been friends until Caeden switched sides, believing that they were not fighting for El, the God of the old and new religions, but his direct opposite. The being of Evil, who had knocked the trajectory of the world off El's original plan.

Caeden remembers his plan, that he had set in motion long ago, one that will affect the world as they knew it.

This series contains epic characters and politics, and Islington took us closer to each character in this book, giving a little backstory into Asha, Davian, and Wir's life before going to Cadadel. It added a lot of depth, and urgency to the whole series. We still don't know who to believe, is Caeden, Tal'kamar, Avard Devad, really on the right side? Can Davian save the Boundary, should he? Lots of questions.

I highly recommend this story and series so far, and am already halfway through the last book in the Trilogy.

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