Who will shape the future Ð a visionary or a warmonger? ... THE THRONE OF CROWNS is Part 1 of THE FIRSTLORD CHRONICLES, a cutting-edge hard-core science-fiction paperback series by English novelist Simon Fox. The series is centred on Isska, a planet inhabited by a humanoid species locked in an ancient inter-racial conflict. Will the Isskans destroy their world through ceaseless warfare, or will they achieve their interstellar destiny?