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

<p>Praise for Philip C. Quaintrell's 'The Echoes Saga': </p><p><strong>'For lovers of your classic Tolkien, this series has it all' </strong>- Alan Coleman - Amazon customer</p><p><strong>'Best newcomer to the genre. Philip is up there with Feist and Sanderson'</strong> - Philip Spick - Amazon customer</p><p><strong>300,000 COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE</strong></p><p>--</p><p><br></p><p>THE ECHOES OF FATE, A PROPHECY UTTERED UNTO THE WORLD A THOUSAND YEARS AGO, CANNOT BE DENIED...</p><p>Mankind 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. </p><p>Unaware 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.</p><p>This isn't just war set to ravage the land, but a slaughter - the world of man cannot hope to survive.</p><p>Thrown 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 mys