An Echo of Things to Come
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Summary
The second book in a glorious new fantasy trilogy by the next major force in commercial epic fantasy。
In the wake of the devastating attack on Ilin Illan， an amnesty has been declared for all Augurs - finally allowing them to emerge from hiding and openly oppose the dark forces massing against Andarra。 However as Davian and his new allies hurry north toward the ever-weakening Boundary， fresh horrors along their path suggest that their reprieve may have come far too late。
In the capital， Wirr is forced to contend with assassins and an increasingly hostile Administration as he controversially assumes the mantle of Northwarden， uncovering a mystery that draws into question everything commonly believed about the rebellion his father led twenty years ago。 Meanwhile， Asha begins a secret investigation into the disappearance of the Shadows， determined to discover not only where they went but the origin of the Vessels that created them - and， ultimately， a cure。
And with time against him as he races to fulfill the treacherous bargain with the Lyth， Caeden continues to wrestle with the impossibly heavy burdens of his past。 Yet as more and more of his memories return， he begins to realise that the motivations of the two sides in this ancient war may not be as clear-cut as they first seemed。。。
In the wake of the devastating attack on Ilin Illan， an amnesty has been declared for all Augurs - finally allowing them to emerge from hiding and openly oppose the dark forces massing against Andarra。 However as Davian and his new allies hurry north toward the ever-weakening Boundary， fresh horrors along their path suggest that their reprieve may have come far too late。
In the capital， Wirr is forced to contend with assassins and an increasingly hostile Administration as he controversially assumes the mantle of Northwarden， uncovering a mystery that draws into question everything commonly believed about the rebellion his father led twenty years ago。 Meanwhile， Asha begins a secret investigation into the disappearance of the Shadows， determined to discover not only where they went but the origin of the Vessels that created them - and， ultimately， a cure。
And with time against him as he races to fulfill the treacherous bargain with the Lyth， Caeden continues to wrestle with the impossibly heavy burdens of his past。 Yet as more and more of his memories return， he begins to realise that the motivations of the two sides in this ancient war may not be as clear-cut as they first seemed。。。
Reviews
Agos Scavo
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Mantiene i pregi del primo e sgrezza e lima alcuni dei difetti che lo bersagliavano。 Un romanzo che ho trovato nettamente migliore， con un intrigo temporale più che soddisfacente e personaggi ora meglio definiti。 Ne vale la pena。
Fawwaz
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A solid sequel to the first that suffers from being a bit too complex for its own good。The book is very entertaining as the first。 It jumps from one POV to the next so you're never stuck too long with one character。 Some characters don't have much going on in this book and I felt a bit of a middle book syndrome。One character - I won't spoil but you can guess if you've read the first book - is having constant flashbacks and in most of them， I had no idea what's going on。 I'm rereading these flash A solid sequel to the first that suffers from being a bit too complex for its own good。The book is very entertaining as the first。 It jumps from one POV to the next so you're never stuck too long with one character。 Some characters don't have much going on in this book and I felt a bit of a middle book syndrome。One character - I won't spoil but you can guess if you've read the first book - is having constant flashbacks and in most of them， I had no idea what's going on。 I'm rereading these flashbacks after finishing the book to get my head wrapped around it。 This is my major gripe with the book。It's still amazing how intricately the world is built。 Islington clearly had everything properly planned before he started writing the trilogy。 You can see the difference between him and other authors in this regard。This trilogy reminds of Mistborn in many regards。 In how tight the magic system is。 Or how the world is a mystery that slowly unravels。 I'm excited to see how things wrap up。 。。。more
Tawanda Nhundu
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4。4 StarsI really enjoyed this book。 The lore and depth of story grew so much more from the previous book， so much so that I won't even lie and say there weren't many points were I was a little lost and confused。 It all did come together well though in this second outing。 I am excited for the third chapter in this very enthralling series！ 4。4 StarsI really enjoyed this book。 The lore and depth of story grew so much more from the previous book， so much so that I won't even lie and say there weren't many points were I was a little lost and confused。 It all did come together well though in this second outing。 I am excited for the third chapter in this very enthralling series！ 。。。more
Alexis （Mother of Books）
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*4。5“The danger of evil， the purpose of evil， is that it causes those who would oppose it to become evil also。”Talk about building complexity！ An Echo of Things to Come is the followup to The Shadow of What Was Lost and it does some pretty cool things as a sequel。 The biggest thing this sequel accomplishes is in the way it builds complexity， especially compared to the first book。 In this， we get so much history about many elements。 One I found especially interesting was how much we learned abou *4。5“The danger of evil， the purpose of evil， is that it causes those who would oppose it to become evil also。”Talk about building complexity！ An Echo of Things to Come is the followup to The Shadow of What Was Lost and it does some pretty cool things as a sequel。 The biggest thing this sequel accomplishes is in the way it builds complexity， especially compared to the first book。 In this， we get so much history about many elements。 One I found especially interesting was how much we learned about the boundary。 Essentially what is happening is the boundary is weakening and so now the characters have to find out a way to stop it before all kinds of hell gets unleashed into their world。 This is such an important part of the story and while it was kind of just touched on in the first book， in this one， there was so much thought put into what it actually is and how it affects the world that Islington has created。 Islington also does a great job of further developing the characters。 All four of our main characters have a lot going on。 Davian is trying to literally save the world by trying to stop the boundary from opening to attempt to save the very people who think people like him shouldn’t exist。 Wirr is now Northwarden， but his own people don’t want or trust him in that position， including someone close to him。 Meanwhile， Asha is starting this secret organization to attempt to find out what happened to the Shadows while also trying to uncover the secret of the Vessels。 And Caeden is on the most important mission of his life， discovering who he really is and the promises he made all those years ago。 The way that the author is able to weave all of their individual stories together to create a seamless story is quite impressive， especially considering the fact that this is only his second book。 All of their storylines end up coming together in the end and it just flowed so well。 I would say that the overarching theme of the story is the concept of the greater good and the lesser of two evils。 Islington poses the question of should we kill certain individuals if it means that we can save the world？ Even though I couldn’t get behind the characters who felt that we should， I could at times understand why they felt that way。 It’s such a complex issue that the author did a good job of exploring。 In doing this， this also gives the book a chance to talk about prejudices and how ignorance can truly change the course of people’s lives。 I could go on and on by how great I found this， but I think it would be best just to say read this。 You won’t regret it。 It’s a fantastic sophomore effort and I can’t wait to see what the third and final book holds。 “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。”CW for death。 。。。more
Joe
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Lots of great ideas and plot twists but the overall experience is dragged down by too much exposition。 It feels like half of the book is our main characters receiving a history lecture。
Jacob Parry
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Couldn't finish。 Too boring。 Couldn't finish。 Too boring。 。。。more
Ty Bullinger
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And now the great debate。。。 1400+ pages into a trilogy that I don’t love but have invested a significant chunk of time into。 I think I’m going to just give up。 That’s what I want。 But there’s a part of me that thinks so many people loved this series and have rated it so highly， maybe I’ll love the last book。 But I don’t think I will。 The magic system is played out。 The characters have this infuriating habit of not asking the questions everyone in their right mind would ask in the situation they And now the great debate。。。 1400+ pages into a trilogy that I don’t love but have invested a significant chunk of time into。 I think I’m going to just give up。 That’s what I want。 But there’s a part of me that thinks so many people loved this series and have rated it so highly， maybe I’ll love the last book。 But I don’t think I will。 The magic system is played out。 The characters have this infuriating habit of not asking the questions everyone in their right mind would ask in the situation they find themselves in。 Which if they did ask would move the plot along nicely， but instead ask something completely asinine and sends the story completely in a direction we aren’t going in。 I’ve never been so frustrated with an entire book of characters’ thinking process。 Also each character has three different names and depending on who they are talking to， they switch names constantly， on top of that half of those names also have nicknames。 It’s fine but I felt it was unnecessary and confusing。 I do like the problems they are trying to solve and I enjoy a couple of the characters。 But I think I’ve talked myself out of the next book。 。。。more
Ali Hamze
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4。5
Kirin
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4。5AHHHHHHHHH CAEDEN AHHHHHHH
The Goblin Times
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Yeah this was a bit of a disappointment especially compared to the first book。 Review to come。
Lesley
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A solid second instalment in this absolutely massive undertaking of a series。 It does suffer a bit from Second Book Syndrome， and the absolutely massive scope of it resulted in a few more info dumps than I would have liked， but overall I really enjoyed it。 So many moving parts and storylines and histories and I can’t wait to see how they all combine in the final book。
Adrian
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Read two of these now but not clue about what's going on， it's just all too confusing。 Will not keep going with series。 Read two of these now but not clue about what's going on， it's just all too confusing。 Will not keep going with series。 。。。more
George Palm
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4。25/5， 8。5/10
Laflut
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First of all， thanks to the author for the characters' and vocabulary glossary， and for the sum up of the previous book。 It's so rare in a series and it helps so much not to be lost that I wanted to notice the bonus。As for the book in itself， as for the previous one， it was as excellent， mastered， cryptic。 I felt really attached to the characters and we jump from surprise to surprise， for our very best pleasure。 As for the epilogue。。 OMG ！！！！ 😳😲😱 Just。。。 Whaoou ！ I really didn't forecast this！ M First of all， thanks to the author for the characters' and vocabulary glossary， and for the sum up of the previous book。 It's so rare in a series and it helps so much not to be lost that I wanted to notice the bonus。As for the book in itself， as for the previous one， it was as excellent， mastered， cryptic。 I felt really attached to the characters and we jump from surprise to surprise， for our very best pleasure。 As for the epilogue。。 OMG ！！！！ 😳😲😱 Just。。。 Whaoou ！ I really didn't forecast this！ My！！ 。。。more
Hannah Ouston
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A stellar sequel to the first one， this novel was filled with some brilliant ideas and scenes。 It was unfortunately let down by the over use of flashbacks and journals， which were used to no great effect and far too often。 An excellent conclusion though， leaving me waiting for more。
Aimee Coker
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This book was good， but not as good as the first。 Too many names and places - kind of hard to keep track。 But the overall story is solid and I’m looking forward to the last book。
Justin
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This book gets way more dense and still just as good as the first。 Looking forward to book 3。 Great series so far。
A。I。 Cudil
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4，5 stelle。Il secondo volume della saga di Licanius si è rivelato ancora più avvincente del primo。 Sono davvero sorpresa di come una storia così complessa， articolata， divisa in più POV， possa essere così scorrevole。 L'autore si dimostra il vero "talento" capace di tenere le fila di ogni essenza della trama。Ritroviamo Asha sempre più determinata a comprendere il destino delle Ombre， Wir alle prese con il suo nuovo spinoso ruolo di Custode del Nord che suscita critiche anche all'interno della sua 4，5 stelle。Il secondo volume della saga di Licanius si è rivelato ancora più avvincente del primo。 Sono davvero sorpresa di come una storia così complessa， articolata， divisa in più POV， possa essere così scorrevole。 L'autore si dimostra il vero "talento" capace di tenere le fila di ogni essenza della trama。Ritroviamo Asha sempre più determinata a comprendere il destino delle Ombre， Wir alle prese con il suo nuovo spinoso ruolo di Custode del Nord che suscita critiche anche all'interno della sua famiglia。 Davian si addestra e si prepara per poter rinsaldare il confine ma ha qualche problema a convincere gli anziani che non si fidano di lui e Caeden， Caeden ricostruisce un pezzo alla volta la sua memoria。Con un finale frenetico e che mi ha lasciata di stucco si conclude anche quello che in teoria doveva essere il libro di passaggio e che invece si rivela ancora più avvincente del primo。Ora non mi resta che conoscere la fine della saga， tra le più articolate e originali che abbia letto negli ultimi anni。 Davvero una bella scoperta che consiglio a tutti gli amanti del fantasy classico 。。。more
Inky
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 This was okay once again。 The plot is quite good， and the twist of Malshar being Caeden was pretty awesome when I realised it。 "Nothing more than an echo of her"， that part moved me。 The title is so apt as well。 I enjoyed all Caeden's memories of his old friends。 The last part of the book was a good ending too。 However， I can't bring myself to feel attached to anyone except somewhat Caeden。 I feel like the book has a lot of potential to be good， with such a great plot too， but something is missi This was okay once again。 The plot is quite good， and the twist of Malshar being Caeden was pretty awesome when I realised it。 "Nothing more than an echo of her"， that part moved me。 The title is so apt as well。 I enjoyed all Caeden's memories of his old friends。 The last part of the book was a good ending too。 However， I can't bring myself to feel attached to anyone except somewhat Caeden。 I feel like the book has a lot of potential to be good， with such a great plot too， but something is missing。 The writing perhaps。 Or perhaps in the way the characters don't feel very deep。 I don't know， but I'll give it a 3。4。 This book explained a lot of things and I understand the world in the book a lot better now。 The way things fall into place is pretty amazing。 I look forward to reading the third book。 。。。more
Sarmat Chowdhury
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*dnf* A lot of y'all like series and are calling Islington the next Robert Jordan - y'all are blind。 Period。 *dnf* A lot of y'all like series and are calling Islington the next Robert Jordan - y'all are blind。 Period。 。。。more
Anubhab Barik
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4。25-4。3 stars。 It's a great book， amazing infact。 Only reason I am not giving it 5 stars is that it could have been made into two books。 The sheer amount of information about the timelines it has makes it pretty confusing at times。 Other than that the book is a solid read。 4。25-4。3 stars。 It's a great book， amazing infact。 Only reason I am not giving it 5 stars is that it could have been made into two books。 The sheer amount of information about the timelines it has makes it pretty confusing at times。 Other than that the book is a solid read。 。。。more
Hunter Savoy
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This is the best book in the trilogy in my opinion！ Though， they are all special and awesome in their own ways。
Christoffer Ladstein
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Hard to Really nail it but perhaps I due to the many names and memorylapses， loose the red thread and thus this book don't fully please me。 Still a strong book by a young writer， so I still feel for recommending this series。 To be compared to Robert Jordan and Sanderson is a task not very easy or fair， but James Islington most likely will be able to fill those shoes， one day！ Hard to Really nail it but perhaps I due to the many names and memorylapses， loose the red thread and thus this book don't fully please me。 Still a strong book by a young writer， so I still feel for recommending this series。 To be compared to Robert Jordan and Sanderson is a task not very easy or fair， but James Islington most likely will be able to fill those shoes， one day！ 。。。more
Charlotte
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RTC in the next week or so！ I really need to wrap my head around to figure out what I can and can't write about this book without spoiling anything！So I've finally figured out what I wanted to write about this book！It was a solid follow up from The Shadow of What Was Lost and answers many questions I thought of during the entry book in this series。 Being the second out of third book in this series， there are many new concepts that come to light。 These concepts， are mainly sprouted off the questi RTC in the next week or so！ I really need to wrap my head around to figure out what I can and can't write about this book without spoiling anything！So I've finally figured out what I wanted to write about this book！It was a solid follow up from The Shadow of What Was Lost and answers many questions I thought of during the entry book in this series。 Being the second out of third book in this series， there are many new concepts that come to light。 These concepts， are mainly sprouted off the questions that I finally got answers for from The Shadow of What Was Lost。 Therefore， I STILL HAVE SEVERAL QUESTIONS。 This actually fantastic， as I am eager for more answers that will surely display themselves in the last book: The Light of All That Falls。 The answers and new plot points that were provided are either: Concepts I have linked together throughout the progressing story， or;Completely unexpected events， that I did not see coming。 The unexpected events， as mentioned in my review for The Shadow of What Was Lost， all interlink tightly。 I honestly cannot see a flaw in any of these twists and turns that occur。The plots occurring in this series are so much more layered and complex now。 I was expecting this after reading The Shadow of What Was Lost， although I did not expect it to effect me in such a way that I have to close the book and say out loud all the connections that I am attempting to put together。 As soon as more time travel lore was added， I knew I was in for a few refresh sessions after a sitting of reading。 Luckily， there is a history refresh at the start of the book， which is super helpful！ The character growth in this series， so far， has been anther major strength to the ongoing story。 Even though many of the main characters have learnt many skills and new magical abilities， they are still making fumbles and mistakes along the way。 I actually enjoy that the main and side characters of this series are not your typical 'run of the mill'， perfect epic fantasy character。 In fact， it is clearly conveyed that all the main characters in this series are trying to figure out what consequences will occur from the choices they make， and how that will take a toll on their self morality。 Majority of the main and side characters are either trying to make up for their mistakes or justify their mortifying actions。 I go from warming up to some of them， and then feeling like running away from them when I find out some of the awful actions they have taken。 This series so far， really has played with my moral ground。 As you can all see， I really enjoyed this second installment in the Licanius Trilogy。 Due to having to prepare and go through a hospital procedure， this review is out later than I expected， so I have already finished The Light of All That Falls。 So I'm not going to lie and say that I cannot wait to read the last book because。。。 I already have！Final Rating: 5 stars 。。。more
Angelica
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I had even more difficulty keeping track of everything in this book than I did in the first one。
Helena Caetano
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4。75😵😳
aj
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wrestling over giving this book 2 stars but once again bumping it up for baby boy son caedan <3 he's such a dick to nethgalla but i will forgive him this crime <3 wrestling over giving this book 2 stars but once again bumping it up for baby boy son caedan <3 he's such a dick to nethgalla but i will forgive him this crime <3 。。。more
Fadi
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In this second book， you can feel that Islington grew as an author。First， he does a masterful story telling job。 He both keeps the reader well informed of what is happening in the present and confuses the hell out of him on the larger scope of the story being expanded in the background。 The reader can easily follow and enjoy the story lines of the main characters in the present， while also getting more and more confused about what happened in the past and what is really going on in the larger pl In this second book， you can feel that Islington grew as an author。First， he does a masterful story telling job。 He both keeps the reader well informed of what is happening in the present and confuses the hell out of him on the larger scope of the story being expanded in the background。 The reader can easily follow and enjoy the story lines of the main characters in the present， while also getting more and more confused about what happened in the past and what is really going on in the larger plot。 This is an aspect of the storytelling that I really enjoyed。 I found it to be a refreshing change from the usual linear/progressive distribution of knowledge and explanations that are usually employed in fantasy literature。Another aspect in which Islington grew as a writer is that it was harder for me to guess where the story was going in this book （as apposed to the first one where I guessed the ending 30% in）。 I had a feeling of the general direction of things but no specific idea of what will happen at the end。My only issue with the book was the character of Wirr's Mum （I did not bother to remember her name）。 I felt that there was no real need to introduce her in this book and make her a secondary character。 At some point， it felt like the only reason she was in the book was to give Wirr the same page count as the other main characters。 。。。more
Hivake1506
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This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers。 To view it， click here。 The flashbacks was too much in my opinion。 When Davian let Rohin live， I was already fed up with this book。 I mean， really？ The whole school is under his control and he clearly doesn't have the best of intentions and your life is on the line and you just give that chance up because you're feeling bad about getting used to killing？ What in the world。 At this time？ You couldn't have thought this over later？ I don't think anyone this stupid exist in real life。 That whole subplot only occured becaus The flashbacks was too much in my opinion。 When Davian let Rohin live， I was already fed up with this book。 I mean， really？ The whole school is under his control and he clearly doesn't have the best of intentions and your life is on the line and you just give that chance up because you're feeling bad about getting used to killing？ What in the world。 At this time？ You couldn't have thought this over later？ I don't think anyone this stupid exist in real life。 That whole subplot only occured because of his stupidity。 How was I supposed to enjoy it when that's how that subplot was justified？ Many people almost died because of that moment of doubt。 One did die， an elder， if I remember correctly。 Does he not feel guilty about that？ Davian is the type of character I hate the most。This is personal and I'm just ranting。 There's reasons to like this book and it's probably a good book for those who those reasons appeal。 But too much rubbed me the wrong way and made me upset instead of giving me enjoyment。 I'm just going to skim the next book to know how this ends。Oh， last thought。 Kol running into his death like that was the stupidest thing I've read in my life。 Very badly done。 。。。more
Alexandra
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