{"id":143,"date":"2013-12-22T01:30:58","date_gmt":"2013-12-22T01:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/?page_id=143"},"modified":"2013-12-22T03:32:16","modified_gmt":"2013-12-22T03:32:16","slug":"artesia-besieged","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/?page_id=143","title":{"rendered":"Artesia Besieged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Fourth Book of Dooms<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/artesiaonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/artesia_besieged_cover.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-316\" title=\"Artesia Besieged\" src=\"http:\/\/artesiaonline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/artesia_besieged_cover-186x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Artesia \u2013 queen, warlord, and witch \u2013 has\u00a0led her armies from their homes in\u00a0the mountains down into the Middle\u00a0Kingdoms to aid their erstwhile neighbors in\u00a0a war against a common enemy: an ancient\u00a0Empire returned to enforce its historic claim\u00a0to the lowlands. \u00a0Now they are trapped in an\u00a0odd stalemate at the city of Abenton, guests\u00a0of the city\u2019s ruler, Elizabeta, a baroness with a\u00a0dark secret. \u00a0The imminent arrival of barbarian\u00a0enemies at their gates is only the least of her\u00a0problems, as recalcitrant allies, mutinous\u00a0captains, angry ghosts and spirits, lurking assassins, and\u00a0jealous lovers begin to spring their traps and plots&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>This volume is currently in progress. \u00a0The first three issues (chapters) of six have been released. \u00a0The fourth issue has been long delayed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Fourth Book of Dooms Artesia \u2013 queen, warlord, and witch \u2013 has\u00a0led her armies from their homes in\u00a0the mountains down into the Middle\u00a0Kingdoms to aid their erstwhile neighbors in\u00a0a war against a common enemy: an ancient\u00a0Empire returned to enforce its historic claim\u00a0to the lowlands. \u00a0Now they are trapped in an\u00a0odd stalemate at the city &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/?page_id=143\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Artesia Besieged<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":144,"href":"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/143\/revisions\/144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}