{"product_id":"the-best-of-men-wilf-jones-9780957020245","title":"The Best of Men","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Epic Fantasy on a grand scale\" British Fantasy Society (http: \/\/www.britishfantasysociety.org\/reviews\/coincident-by-wilf-jones-ebook-review\/)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Something is coming.\u003cbr\u003e Seama Beltomé can feel it. He can see it.\u003cbr\u003e The four nations of Asteranor are already at war or soon will be. But what's coming is worse than that.\u003cbr\u003e Seama is reading Haslem's Song of Ages. Or whatever's left of it. An obscure history of mankind, it announced its presence by bursting into flames in the Escartine Library. The few pages rescued reveal a tantalising glimpse of the Earth's deep past, a revelation of Ages and deeds unknown.\u003cbr\u003e And they carry a dark warning: \u003cbr\u003e what is forgotten cannot cease to have been, \u003cbr\u003e a crime against existence cannot be undone, \u003cbr\u003e and the banished will seek to return.\u003cbr\u003e Seama has been summoned because the time has come.\u003cbr\u003e Something more dangerous than death, an ancient evil, stands just beyond the gates of the world.\u003cbr\u003e It waits only on a passage opened, a door unlocked.\u003cbr\u003e Seama can hear the rattle of the keys.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Set on an Earth remade, The Best of Men is volume one of the Song of Ages trilogy, an epic fantasy of monsters, gods, warriors and wizards, of heedless villains and decent everyday people.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This debut novel from Wilf Jones marries the dark epic fantasy styles of George RR Martin and Jack Vance to the post-apocalyptic jaunts of Stephen Lawrence and Joe Abercrombie, with something of the Eddings Belgariad thrown in for good measure.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilf Jones\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0957020244\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780957020245\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sorcerer's Ship Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 734\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.61d","brand":"Wilf Jones","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48850221367551,"sku":"9780957020245","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-best-of-men-wilf-jones-9780957020245","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}