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color: #000000;\">Every world has a forerunner &#8230;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Not just a &#8220;voice crying in the wilderness.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">But one who serves as a picture of what is to come.<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Such was Pentra for the Lands of the Adoni.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">Pentra dreamed of the Knights of Es-Soh-En.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">He knew that he could never be all that they were.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">His weak eyes and weak arms disqualified him from military service.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">And so he dreamed.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">He wrote.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">And he collected the stories of his heroes.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt; color: #000000;\">But then one day &#8230;<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-tab-title elementor-tab-mobile-title\" aria-selected=\"false\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tab\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1042\" aria-expanded=\"false\">Product Details<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1042\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"tabpanel\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1042\" tabindex=\"0\" hidden=\"hidden\"><p><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>ISBN-13<\/strong>: 9781681818443 (Paperback)<\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Publisher<\/strong>: <a tabindex=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/s\/%22Strategic+Book+Publishing%22?Ntk=Publisher&amp;Ns=P_Sales_Rank&amp;Ntx=mode+matchall\">Strategic Book Publishing<\/a><\/span><br \/><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; 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