โ Scribed by Ian McDonald
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
In an instant, Mathembe Filelis life was burned away . . . Now, in search of answers, she must traverse a divided nationLife in the village of Chepsenyt is idyllic. Despite the empires growing religious tensions, the people of Chepsenyt live together peacefully and ply their trades, growing useful objects through the manipulation of DNA. It was here that Mathembe Fileli grew up, with her father creating tools used in construction and her mother spinning clothes and food.That all changed in an instant.The Broken Land mirrors Belfast resident Ian McDonalds upbringing in Northern Ireland by depicting a nation cut in two by a violent religious divide. On one side are the Proclaimers, the ruling group that doesnt believe in life after death, and on the other side are the Confessors, the opposing group whose thoughts are uploaded in the afterlife. When two Confessors take shelter in Chepsenyt, the Emperors soldiers burn the village to the ground, throwing the whole country into civil...
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