Phoenix Destiny
He looked at the scorched, perfectly barren earth before him. there were tumbled ruins a mile or so off, the remains of a once-great city. he allowed himself the memory of what it had been like before the creatures came.
Through A Glass Darkly - 3
When they reached the hollow, whiffletree was pleased to see that it was a curve of steep, barren earth with just enough space for the three of them and their fire beside the stream.
Bahamut's Light: Chapter 6
As he took note of all the destruction and patches of barren earth, it chilled his soul to know things would never be the same. folks that had their homes and lands taken and destroyed, would find returning impossible.
Eudaemon III: Rebirth / Act II, Part 6
And seized zerrex's ankle in a tight grip, then dragged him downwards with enough force to tear the drakkaren through the solid cement and into the earth below, zerrex covering his face with his arms as he cried out in agony, tasting dirt and rock and barren earth
Enochian: Book 2, Chapter 19
This place was like the hell people imagined when the topic was brought up: pools of magma, cracked, barren earth, and enormous rocks with dead soldier demons chained all over them... and zerrex snarled furiously as ose hissed: "you can't flee now, lord zerrex
Extinction 1 - Of Fathers and Sons
Skidded down the slope, landing back on the cold streets where carcasses of steel remained with broken headlights dimly glinting, shining the way briefly through a crossing beside a twisted park, trees now stunted with splintered cracks through the barren earth
The Promise 4 - To Her Love
It was not a warmth, but an evil eye that seethed upon their heads and left an eerie impression on the deathless wastes, the barren earth stretching to eternity with only a small camp of two tents and a fire.
Lost Legend of Agrok ch. 6
Even if one was trying to sew the seeds of change to swallow up the barren earth of hate, this is more effort than one servant girl would warrant from a leader with so many issues to juggle as you have.