The Kinstrife — John Schettler

It has been said that everything that is powerful will one day come under siege. And that was the fate of all Empires, particularly here, in this strange and wild land, with war brewing on every frontier of Innisfail. It wasn't the lances, swords, and axes that would win this war, it was the people behind them, and those who would lead them, the choices and decisions they would make or neglect, the courage and heart they would show, and of course, a good Mage or two would never hurt. For Morgin Grenfell, a High Duke in the Western Outlands of the empire, it would first become a battle with grief over the loss of both friendship and love, and a disturbing confrontation with the one man he had set out to defend, the Emperor of Innisfail. The heart of civilization on this wild continent, Innisfail was the only empire still standing after Starfall, when the Gods hurled a falling star at Old Mindemoya, and crushed its thousand year old history in the blinding flash of a single moment.Starfall was now the name of a very special place in the desert, and it is there that one Wilem Doran finds himself awakening one morning in the center of a vast crater, bewildered and lost in what seems like an impossible dream. The only things that remain of his old life of service with the 2nd New Zealand Corps in General Montgomery's 8th Army were the weapons he carried, and his odd clothing and helm. Who was this man who could kill at ranges well beyond the best longbow, or by simply pointing his hand? To Wilem it was no mystery, for that hand simply held a standard service pistol, and for other targets, he was an expert marksman and sharpshooter with his rifle. Yet now he found himself in a place where he held the only SMLE-3 Lee-Enfield rifle in the world, the only Bren Light Machine gun as well. These weapons astounded the strongest knights, but could one man make a difference in this war? Wilem Doran was going to try.Now, from the author of the long running Kirov Series, comes an epic Fantasy series as broad and detailed as Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. A continental sized world serves up a continental sized war, in what the author calls his journey into mythic military fiction. He offers us a deeply imagined world, complete with its gods, languages, history, Lords and Dreadlords. And oh yes, we mustn't forget the Dragons or their distant cousins haunting the deep woodlands of the east, the Terror Lizards.Come and see Innisfail! Lose yourself with Wilem Doran and walk by his side. The author has served up over 20 maps of his world, all keyed to various parts of the story available for download on the book's website here: http://writingshop.ws/html/map_room.html The Chronicles of InnisfailVolume I, The KinstrifeByJohn SchettlerPart I - WilemPart II - LyndraPart III - The FalconbridgePart IV - The White CompanyPart V - DellingPart VI - Towers of Stone, Men of SandPart VII - Tides of WarPart VIII -KhazarsPart IX - Imperial DesignsPart X- Song of SonderinPart XI - The Vile HostPart XII - The RaedwallEpilogue - Treachery380 Pages, About 123080 words