title: Hearthland Volume III
author: Havig, Chautona
description: HearthLand is a serial novel released in episodes. Volume Three is a compilation of Episodes 13-18 Taking a step back in time-deliberately. After a trip to Walden Farm and an afternoon talking to Chad and Willow Tesdall, Ralph Myner caught a vision for what life could be like. Against the advice of his nephew, Ralph sinks his entire retirement account into an incredibly risky venture. Harlan Walker thinks his uncle has gone crazy. With the project in motion, all he can do is try to find people to invest their time, money, and even their lives into Ralph's project before the man ends up broke and without means to survive. People come from all walks of life as they embrace a new world-the world of HearthLand. In Volume 3, Ralph learns to deal with the frustrations of construction life, Annie is at a crossroads, and Harlan is left floundering when Kate distances herself. Romance is in the air and more than wheat and vegetables are growing  But danger looms on the horizon.