The Four Part Land is rocked by war, as a subjugated kingdom rebels against its overlord. Born of murder most foul, violence sweeps across the land, and national pride is marshalled into two competing hosts of citizens and soldiers alike. One army seeks to bury the rebellion, while the other strives to save it, and both will commit unthinkable acts of war in the name of the greater good.
This vicious conflict is seen through the eyes of a single squad of soldiers, veterans fighting for friendship, family, and for the country they call home. Together at the end of a long career, it is their last campaign, and doubtful that all will live to see the end.
Set four hundred years before the events of Tarranau, this 25,000 word novella sets the stage for the conflicts of Tarranau and Chloddio with fast-paced action and brutal combat.
Other books by James:
The Four Part Land:
Tarranau
Chloddio
Breaking an Empire
A Desert of Fire and Glass
Splintered Lands:
Splintered Lands: Through Fire Forged
Splintered Lands: All Good Things...
Splintered Lands: Vagabonds and Swine (as Editor)
Novellas:
Bloodaxe
Wolven Kindred
Lands of a Distant Truth
Anthologies (as Editor):
Ancient New
Ruined Cities
The Ways of Magic
The Death God's Chosen