Ken Scholes

Ken Scholes is the award-winning, critically-acclaimed author of multiple novels and short stories. His work has appeared in print since 2000 and includes the Psalms of Isaak series (Lamentation, Canticle, Antiphon) and the Tor.com short story "If Dragon's Mass Eve Be Cold and Clear."
Ken's eclectic background includes time spent as a label gun repairman, a sailor who never sailed, a soldier who commanded a desk, a fundamentalist preacher (he got better), a nonprofit executive, a musician and a government procurement analyst. He has a degree in History from Western Washington University.
Ken is a native of the Pacific Northwest and makes his home in Hillsboro, Oregon, where he lives with his twin daughters.
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The Psalms of Isaak
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The Psalms of Isaak Series
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Return to the Named Lands in this long awaited sequel to Antiphon.
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If Dragon's Mass Eve Be Cold And Clear
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Ken Scholes
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Do you believe in Santa? And in his terrible swift sword?
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Antiphon
The Psalms of Isaak
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Nothing is as it seems to be.
The ancient past is not dead. The hand of the Wizard Kings still reaches out to challenge the Androfrancine Order, to control the magick and technology that...
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Making My Entrance Again With My Usual Flair
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Tor/Forge
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When an ex-clown tries to go into the insurance business, he gets into monkey business instead.
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Two Stories
A Tor.Com Original
Ken Scholes and Jay Lake
Tor/Forge
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Charlie is dealing with complicated grief, and even his therabot is out of ideas. But the back-alley grief counsellors might have something to help: it looks like blue asparagus, and it's called...
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Chapter 15.5: Intersections and Interlopers
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When part of Lisa Desrocher's urban fantasy novel Personal Demons got swapped into the Kindle edition of Ken Scholes' epic Antiphon, they were notified and the error corrected....
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A Weeping Czar Beholds the Fallen Moon
The Psalms of Isaak
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Tor/Forge
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After untold ages of futurity, the world is old. Regret is endless. Deceit is ubiquitous. And for the Weeping Czar, love is new.
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Canticle
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Come back to the Named Lands in this compelling sequel to Ken Scholes amazing novel Lamentation.
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Lamentation
The Psalms of Isaak
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An ancient weapon has completely destroyed the city of Windwir. From many miles away, Rudolfo, Lord of the Nine Forest Houses, sees the horrifying column of smoke rising. He knows that war is...
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