{"id":664,"date":"2013-03-13T08:26:29","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T13:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/?p=664"},"modified":"2013-03-13T08:26:29","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T13:26:29","slug":"splintered-lands-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/?p=664","title":{"rendered":"Splintered Lands is Here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Splintered Lands Volume One<\/em> is here! Telling the story of Ellgis and Fryca, a pair of technologists designing machinery to help their fellow men, and Baron Insw\u00e1n, a noble trying to make his land a paradise in a shattered world, <em>Splintered Lands Volume One<\/em> opens a new world of post-apocalyptic fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of being allowed to bring relief to those in need, Ellgis and Fryca are attacked by the Knights of the Broken Wheel, a far-reaching organization born in reaction to devastation caused by magic. Seeing any attempt by man to use forces beyond their own limbs as an assault on the sanctity of life, the Knights have dedicated themselves to purging magic and technology from the world.<\/p>\n<p>Baron Insw\u00e1n has a more prosaic problem &#8211; his nearest neighbour wants his barony. Unfortunately, his nearest neighbour is both bigger and stronger than Insw\u00e1n is. And so he is forced to use every ounce of his skill and fighting ability to defend his lands. But whether he succeeds or fails, he at all costs will save his people.<\/p>\n<p><em>Splintered Lands Volume One<\/em> is for sale now, on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Splintered-Lands-Volume-One-ebook\/dp\/B00BT0NDNQ\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1363178720&#038;sr=8-1&#038;keywords=Splintered+Lands\">Kindle<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/splintered-lands-volume-one-james-tallett\/1046237519?ean=2940016182391\">Nook<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Kobo and other platforms will arrive shortly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SL-WIP4.png\"><img data-attachment-id=\"660\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=660\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SL-WIP4.png?fit=1800%2C2630\" data-orig-size=\"1800,2630\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SL WIP4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SL-WIP4.png?fit=205%2C300\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SL-WIP4.png?fit=700%2C1024\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-660\" alt=\"SL WIP4\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SL-WIP4-700x1024.png?resize=420%2C614\" width=\"420\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SL-WIP4.png?resize=700%2C1024 700w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SL-WIP4.png?resize=205%2C300 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/SL-WIP4.png?w=1800 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Splintered Lands Volume One is here! Telling the story of Ellgis and Fryca, a pair of technologists designing machinery to help their fellow men, and Baron Insw\u00e1n, a noble trying to make his land a paradise in a shattered world, Splintered Lands Volume One opens a new world of post-apocalyptic fantasy. Instead of being allowed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":[]},"categories":[4,56],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pRIK4-aI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":652,"url":"http:\/\/thefourpartland.com\/blog\/?p=652","url_meta":{"origin":664,"position":0},"title":"Returning Home","date":"April 8, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"The seventh and last installment in a new short story, one of three from the upcoming Splintered Lands: Volume One. 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