Rise of the Ranger: (The Echoes Saga: Book 1) - Philip C. Quaintrell

\nPraise for Philip C. Quaintrell's 'The Echoes Saga': \n \n'For lovers of your classic Tolkien, this series has it all' - Alan Coleman - Amazon customer\n \n'Best newcomer to the genre. Philip is up there with Feist and Sanderson' - Philip Spick - Amazon customer\n \n300,000 COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE\n \n--\n \n \n\n \nTHE ECHOES OF FATE, A PROPHECY UTTERED UNTO THE WORLD A THOUSAND YEARS AGO, CANNOT BE DENIED...\n \nMankind has lorded over the land of Illian for a thousand years, building on the ruins left by the elves, as if it were their birthright. A thousand years is a long time for an immortal race to see the truth of things, a truth that has remained unsaid for a millennium - elves are superior. They are faster, stronger and connected to the magical realm in a way that man could never grasp. Illian should belong to them. \n \nUnaware of the shadow that looms in the east, the six kingdoms of man are fractured, unallied, and clawing at each other's gates for more power.\n \nThis isn't just war set to ravage the land, but a slaughter - the world of man cannot hope to survive.\n \nThrown into the heart of this war is a man known by many names; an Outlander of the wilds, an assassin, a ranger. Asher was born a thousand years ago, to a life he doesn't remember. Forty years of brutal training and killing for money has beaten the earliest years of his life away, leaving his ties to the oldest of evils a mystery to all...\n \nRISE OF THE RANGER LAUNCHES AN UNMISSABLE EPIC FANTASY SERIES.\n \n \n\n \n--\n \n'I read a lot of fantasy books and I can say that this is one of the best I have read' - B. Stewart - Amazon customer\n \n''The Echoes Saga' demonstrates a simple commitment to the power of story' - Stephen Dudley - Amazon customer\n