Title: THE BANISHED LANDS (BOOK ONE)
Author: Benjamin Mester
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 384
Genre: Fantasy
Author: Benjamin Mester
Publisher: Independent
Pages: 384
Genre: Fantasy
A kingdom in danger. A prophecy that will change everything. But will
they understand it in time? The old world is gone, and barely even
histories remain. But something from that time is returning. The closing
lines of a farewell poem, written centuries ago by the last great king
of the age to his slain wife, might be more than just a poem:
The world and all its light shall fade,
I’ll stay with her beneath the shade
And wait until the world’s remade…
Join us in this epic fantasy adventure as three friends plunge into the great mystery of their age, twelve centuries in the making. A mysterious fog blankets the forest just outside the sleepy town of Suriya. A dark plot unfolds as Durian and his friends discover ties between a strange wanderer and the warlike barbarian kingdom far to the north. Are the mysterious things happening in the forest a prelude to invasion? What happens next will propel Durian and his curious friends into the middle of the oldest riddle in the history of their kingdom, a dozen centuries old.
The world and all its light shall fade,
I’ll stay with her beneath the shade
And wait until the world’s remade…
Join us in this epic fantasy adventure as three friends plunge into the great mystery of their age, twelve centuries in the making. A mysterious fog blankets the forest just outside the sleepy town of Suriya. A dark plot unfolds as Durian and his friends discover ties between a strange wanderer and the warlike barbarian kingdom far to the north. Are the mysterious things happening in the forest a prelude to invasion? What happens next will propel Durian and his curious friends into the middle of the oldest riddle in the history of their kingdom, a dozen centuries old.
Dismissing
hours as they pass
Soft upon
the windswept grass.
The hopes
of men have come to naught.
Nothing
fair for eyes or thought.
For Sheyla
lies on golden plain,
Of
Cavanah, the fairest slain;
Who met
her last and final day
When all
was brought to disarray.
Of gladful
things now nevermore –
Now bitter
wind, now salty shore.
The
peaceful world bound to unrest
And
darkness looming in the west.
The world
and all its light shall fade.
I'll stay
with her beneath the shade
And wait
until the world's remade...
Benjamin Mester is native of San Diego but can often be found
wandering the woods of northern Minnesota. He fell in love with
language at an early age – the eloquence of poetry or the grandeur of an
epic story. Fantasy is his favorite genre, crafting new and magical
places of heroism and adventure. When he isn’t writing, he’s often
taking long walks through nature or wondering about his place in the
wide world.
Benjamin is the author of The Banished Lands series.
You can visit him on Goodreads.
Benjamin is the author of The Banished Lands series.
You can visit him on Goodreads.
