{"id":1,"date":"2026-01-01T06:00:51","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T06:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/?p=1"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:26:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:26:36","slug":"slenderwolf-conflicts-and-alliances","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/01\/01\/slenderwolf-conflicts-and-alliances\/","title":{"rendered":"SlenderWolf Conflicts and Alliances"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-80 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1910713000-199199-20260118-1649-socialmedia-cover-600x879-pic005-merged-front-205x300.png\" alt=\"Book front cover - a view of planet Earth from space - the top two thirds of the cover show outer space in black - the lower third shows cloud cover of about 20% revealing a mix of greens and blues, and indistinct divisions of land and sea - the horizon is prominent with various shades of hazy blues and whites. - All in capitals, in white, the top boldly proclaims SLENDERWOLF as one word - in place of the letter O there's a graphic representing the paw print of a wolf - below that, in a slightly smaller font, the remainder of the title says CONFLICTS AND ALLIANCES - There is no sub title -Overlaid in white capitals across the bottom of the cover is the author's name SCOTT ROCHESTER - Super imposed on the black in the centre of the cover, slightly over to the right, is an image of a graceful, ghostly, white horse appearing to emerge from the cover - the head, neck and forelegs are clear - the body becomes progressively vague as it disappears into the background - the hind legs cannot be seen.\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1910713000-199199-20260118-1649-socialmedia-cover-600x879-pic005-merged-front-205x300.png 205w, https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1910713000-199199-20260118-1649-socialmedia-cover-600x879-pic005-merged-front.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 205px) 85vw, 205px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Book 1 &#8211; SlenderWolf Conflicts and Alliances was released in November 2025. It is being serialised on this blog throughout 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The book is available now on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/1068550910\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon<\/a> if you don&#8217;t want to wait until December 2026 to see how the serialised story unfolds on this blog.<\/p>\n<p>The novel is set in Lancaster, England in the year 2450AD.<\/p>\n<p>Dominated by horses and ships, 400 years in the future looks a lot like 200 years in the past. No oil, no cars and no internet. Youngsters all typically wear white T shirts, blue jeans, and soft Espadrille shoes, that&#8217;s all cheap and readily available.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr width=\"100%\" \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Start at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/01\/02\/splash-page\/\">Page I<\/a> of the book to see useful info, maps, diagrams and character profiles<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Go to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/02\/01\/chapter-1-connectedness001\/\">Page 1<\/a> of the story<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book 1 &#8211; SlenderWolf Conflicts and Alliances was released in November 2025. It is being serialised on this blog throughout 2026. The book is available now on Amazon if you don&#8217;t want to wait until December 2026 to see how the serialised story unfolds on this blog. The novel is set in Lancaster, England in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/2026\/01\/01\/slenderwolf-conflicts-and-alliances\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;SlenderWolf Conflicts and Alliances&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[5,4],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1044,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1\/revisions\/1044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slenderwolf.com\/novels\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}