Song of Ages Previews -Wilf Kellehr Jones

A SONG OF AGES Previews

A black stone stood at the head of the valley. Letters of an antique script, weathered by time but visible still, cut deep into the surface. For common men the legend was unreadable, and yet the signal stone retained a power to daunt even the bravest.
Seama followed the words with a learned eye. It was a form of Ancient Medean written here. The figures had long ago been traced and studied and the script deciphered. A translation had been made by Captolinux of Thibes in 1336AF.
Seama recited the verse aloud as if it were a spell or a prayer. It served only to remind him of the peril that lay ahead. He laid a hand upon the pillar. It was sharp cold to the touch, the warning thrilled through his fingertips, but the passing urge to turn and flee barely troubled him.
It was not that the stone failed in its purpose, but for Seama Beltomé, and he alone, this message from the far past had an alternate power. It was for him a summons - and his response inevitable.
Seama stepped away from the stone and threw back his cloak, defying cold reality. Why should he not? Welcoming the challenge, he strode onwards into the forbidden pass of Kentreth’s Grave.

The gods of the Earth had another name for that valley. It cut through everything they knew and everything they were.
They kept the name safe upon a time of choosing.

The Best of Men

Chapters available to sample
are underlined:

Prologue

Chapter Titles

Part 1 COINCIDENT

Geografia

The Burning Book

Visionary
(a) (b) (c)

Black Company
(a) (b)

Heartland
(a) (b)

Disorderly Behaviour
(a) (b)

Children of the Ruins

Blood, Blight & Ballistics
(a) (b) (c)

Feeding the Fishes

Living Legend
(a) (b)

Living Myth
(a) (b)

Kentreth’s Grave

Isolde

Booty

Trouble in the Market Place

An Extraction

A Trip Upriver
(a) (b) (c)

An Island in the Sun
(a) (b) (c)

The Kingdom of Halfi
(a) (b)

Passage
(a) (b) (c)

Demonography
(a) (b) (c)

Part 2 INTRUSIONS

The Creation and Beginning
of Strife

Tea and Toasted Rabbit
(a) (b)

Found and Lost

Mixed Reception

Ancient History

Baked it Black

The Siege of Eternity

Sortie

Bangers and Mash

The Sword of Ages

Part 3 The Evil That Men Do

Part 4 Lessons in Conflict

            I Cantaro
            Aetaticum
            en
            Haslem

Heed my words,
Chiefs of men!
Let not thy children,
Strong or frail,
Seek out my grave.

It is forbidden
To mortal men.
Death or damnation
Be their course
If my words are forgotten.

This is no curse,
Take heed of my warning:
Only the Sayoshant
Will pass unscathed
To say a prayer at my grave.

The Twist Inside

Part 1 ABOMINATIONS

Parley

Unwanted Gift

Affairs of the Heart

False Horizons

Evermind

The Tale of Lost Lenore

Nostrums and Narrywigs

Hard News

Nai’vedya

Assets and Losses

Into the City of Offerings

Bloodstone

Part 2 INVENTIONS

Intercourse

Mortal Remains

Mortal Enemies

Indiscretion

Out of Her Stays

Perpetual Motion

Restoration

Normal Life

Beyond Decency

Mysteries & Assumptions

Garassa

Lying Low

A Severance

Kreet’s Yard

Part 3 Wrongs of Passage

Part 4 Allegiance

TWIST INSIDE NEW WRITING 1

NEW WRITING 2

THE BEST OF MEN

SONG OF AGES
v.1

An epic fantasy of monsters, gods, warriors and wizards, of heedless villains and decent everyday people.

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ABOMINATIONS

pt 1 of The Twist Inside

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A Song of Ages