Perfect for fans of Game of Thrones , Joe Lyon's debut, Astar's Blade: The Provenance , is an unforgettable quest, spanning an adventure of magical powers that rise to form human empires in the face of treachery by the gods of antiquity. When an apparition appears to Almon, he becomes obsessed to understand his family curse. Nearly driven insane, the young man leaves the security of his home and heads to the mountains beckoned by a supernatural calling. There on top of the world, he makes a fateful discovery, someone is already there and waiting for him. It is none other than the legendary Aberfell, the Supreme Historian, a cantankerous old man who is equipped with an unfailing memory, and he alone remembers The Provenance. Aberfell tells Almon that he cannot die until his mission is fulfulled, and that mission is to relay The Provenance to Almon, the history of the world. The Provenance is an immersive Epic Fantasy that tells the origins of the god's and their magic. The adventures of their betrayals and the lasting consequences of their actions. But It's a nasty sort of business when the magic of the gods is revealed to mortals. It can have unpredictable consequences, as both men will soon realize.Blending the timelessness of The Giver , the ghosts of Odd Thomas , and the divinity of Gardens of the Moon , the epic fantasy immortalized in The Provenance will leave you as haunted as the world himself.