I am Excited!

[Jetthebinturong]

I know that all of you on here must enjoy fantasy stories to some degree because you wouldn't like Redwall if you didn't. I also know that a lot of you are under sixteen and so this news probably does not concern you unless you simply do not care about age labels. I have news that is personal to me and that is that this month my dad aims to be a published author (I believe it's this month anyway, it's definitely this year). Now, this isn't going to be something produced by big companies, he's self-publishing and it's not a print edition of the book (the aim of the release of that is May 2015) rather a Kindle edition. So if you own a Kindle please consider buying it, it is to be the first novel in the A Song of Ages trilogy and it is called The Best of Men. If you are a lover of adult fantasy novels such as the Lord of the Rings he says it's for people who think that Gandalf should have done more stuff with his staff. It's a story of war and politics, demons and dragons, gods and men.

So yeah, if you own a Kindle and are a lover of fantasy, please consider buying it. That is all

EDIT: WEBSITE WHERE YOU CAN READ EXCERPTS: http://wilfkelleherjones.co.uk/html/a_song_of_ages.html

[The Skarzs]

Cool! I'll bet you're excited, your dad being the author of a book.

[Jetthebinturong]

There's probably no word for how excited I am

[Cornflower MM]

Oh, yay! That's so great, Jet! This is awesome!

[Rusvul]

This is good, yes, this is good. I approve.

[Tam and Martin]

YAY!!!!!!!

[The Mask]

I think I'll most definitely have a look at buying it.

[Jetthebinturong]

The date of release is the 30^th and this is the cover


His comments on the cover
"OK So here is the cover design for

SONG OF AGES v.1:   The Best of Men

as it will be used on the Kindle Edition.

TO BE PUBLISHED 30 / 10 / 2014



The illustration is by Max Cartwright at Rowanvale Publishing over Swansea way.

My mate Jim Crawley, who knows a thing or two about selling fantasy novels (or any sort of novel for that matter), tells me it’s very retro.  I agree. The greatest joy I had in my fantasy reading life was in the early years of my obsession. I just adored the type of paintings being produced for the Transworld fantasies - Ann McAvoy’s Damiano’s Lute, Eddings Castle of Wizardry - the sort of painting that always had a glorious blue sky and white peaked mountains. I was already off on the fantasy adventure before I’d even reached the first page. So I wanted something of that, but I also had a hankering for something painted in oils rather than an airbrush. So retro with a twist is what you get.

I could explain the image but I think I’ll let people work it out for themselves WHEN THEY READ THE BOOK. Sorry, was that a bit loud? Seriously though I love the design and I hope it appeals to fantasy readers like me. If anyone does fancy reading the book it will be out soon. To get a flavour of it you could take a look here:

Song of Ages Previews

The previews are not final edited versions - though I am working my way through updating them - so there may be the odd error. (All is now fixed for the Kindle.)"

[BadgerLordFiredrake]

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[The Skarzs]

_  _
O_O What was that, Drake?


Cool cover! It certainly seems like it can set the mood for the book. (Although, I'm trying to figure out if that is a sword bearing the title. . .)

[Jetthebinturong]

It is, it is an important sword and will run across the covers of all three books, all I know is it's name, I can only speculate why it is called such but I think I have a good guess. It's called the Sword of Ages, that sounds familiar doesn't it?

Yeah, what did Drake say?

Oh and by the way, he does poetry and songs too - you can click the home button on his website to try and find them - my favourite of which is Ravens Two

I don't recommend reading any of Ministry Rat unless you don't have a problem with swearing

[The Skarzs]

Thanks for the recommendation (or rather, the lack of it ).
I asked more about the sword because the way the edge is ground is bugging me. (Sorry; don't ming my OCD)

Also, we know your last name now.

[Jetthebinturong]

The sword is millions of years old, it's a miracle that it's still there.

Who's to say it's not a pen name?

[Jukka the Sling]

That's awesome, Jet!

[CaptainRocktree]

The cover looks so cool! I bet your really excited!