{"id":59,"date":"2013-12-21T21:23:33","date_gmt":"2013-12-21T21:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/?page_id=59"},"modified":"2019-12-02T02:27:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T02:27:54","slug":"the-barrow","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/?page_id=59","title":{"rendered":"THE BARROW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The_Barrow_press_final_s.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-61 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The_Barrow_press_final_s.jpg\" alt=\"The_Barrow_press_final_s\" width=\"432\" height=\"648\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The_Barrow_press_final_s.jpg 432w, https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/The_Barrow_press_final_s-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=artesiaonline-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=8&amp;l=as1&amp;asins=1616148918&amp;ref=tf_til&amp;fc1=E57A05&amp;IS2=1&amp;lt1=_blank&amp;m=amazon&amp;lc1=ED9202&amp;bc1=000000&amp;bg1=000000&amp;f=ifr\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=jD05MZRS84I&amp;subid=&amp;offerid=314507.1&amp;type=10&amp;tmpid=8432&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.barnesandnoble.com%252Fw%252Fthe-barrow-mark-smylie%252F1115559341%253Fean%253D9781616148911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-287\" src=\"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/B_N_Barrow_link4.jpg\" alt=\"B_N_Barrow_link4\" width=\"98\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tantor.com\/BookDetail.asp?Product=F0275_BarrowSmylie\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-368 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Tantor_Audio_link.jpg\" alt=\"Tantor_Audio_link\" width=\"98\" height=\"165\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>To find the Sword,<br \/>\nunearth the Barrow.<br \/>\nTo unearth the Barrow,<br \/>\nfollow the Map&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>When a small crew of scoundrels, would-be heroes, deviants, and ruffians discover a map that they believe will lead them to a fabled sword buried in the barrow of a longdead\u00a0wizard, they think they\u2019ve struck it rich. But their hopes are dashed when the\u00a0map turns out to be cursed and then is destroyed in a magical ritual. The loss of the map leaves\u00a0them dreaming of what might have been, until they rediscover the map in a most unusual and\u00a0unexpected place.<\/p>\n<p>Stjepan Black-Heart, suspected murderer and renegade royal cartographer; Erim, a young\u00a0woman masquerading as a man; Gilgwyr, brothel owner extraordinaire; Leigh, an exiled magus\u00a0under an ignominious cloud; Godewyn Red-Hand, mercenary and troublemaker; Arduin Orwain,\u00a0scion of a noble family brought low by scandal; and Arduin\u2019s sister, Annwyn, the beautiful\u00a0cause of that scandal: Together they form a cross section of the Middle Kingdoms of the Known\u00a0World, united by accident and dark design, on a quest that will either get them all in the history\u00a0books . . . or get them all killed.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Barrow <\/em>was published in March 2013 by the fantasy imprint\u00a0<a title=\"Pyr Catalog\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pyrsf.com\/Barrow.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pyr<\/a>. Copies still available wherever fine books are sold, including Amazon and <a href=\"http:\/\/click.linksynergy.com\/fs-bin\/click?id=jD05MZRS84I&amp;subid=&amp;offerid=314507.1&amp;type=10&amp;tmpid=8432&amp;RD_PARM1=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.barnesandnoble.com%252Fw%252Fthe-barrow-mark-smylie%252F1115559341%253Fean%253D9781616148911\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barnes &amp; Noble; <\/a>epub editions are available for the Kindle, Nook, and Apple iBook; and there&#8217;s also an audiobook version. It\u00a0contains explicit language and mature content. Cover by the amazing <a title=\"Gene Mollica Studios\" href=\"http:\/\/genemollica.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gene Mollica<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 To find the Sword, unearth the Barrow. To unearth the Barrow, follow the Map&#8230; When a small crew of scoundrels, would-be heroes, deviants, and ruffians discover a map that they believe will lead them to a fabled sword buried in the barrow of a longdead\u00a0wizard, they think they\u2019ve struck it rich. But their hopes &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/?page_id=59\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">THE BARROW<\/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\/59"}],"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=59"}],"version-history":[{"count":47,"href":"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495,"href":"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59\/revisions\/495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swordandbarrow.com\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=59"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}