{"product_id":"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\/)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething is coming.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeama Beltomé can feel it. He can see it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe four nations of Asteranor are already at war or soon will be. But what’s coming is worse than that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeama 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd they carry a dark warning:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewhat is forgotten cannot cease to have been,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ea crime against existence cannot be undone,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the banished will seek to return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeama has been summoned because the time has come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomething more dangerous than death, an ancient evil, stands just beyond the gates of the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt waits only on a passage opened, a door unlocked.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSeama can hear the rattle of the keys.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sorcerer's Ship Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022988394736,"sku":"9780957020245","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780957020245_p0.jpg?v=1763881755","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780957020245","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}