The Byzantine Fables — Book One
I am pleased to announce the publication of the first book of my series “The Byzantine Fables,” Of Heat, of Blood, of Gold, exclusively on Kindle.
The Byzantine Fables are indeed fictional tales that offer the reader a maxim. But there’s no need to fear. The moral has been buried — comfortably deep.
Also, you will not find the speaking animals used by Aesop in his fables. They have all been replaced by their human counterparts.
Since the first book of the series, Of Heat, of Blood, of Gold is only loosely based on actual events, I offer a half-hearted apology to students and experts of medieval history. My excuse for appropriating history is a good one: actual history has no conclusion. The plot is disjointed, and the obligatory scenes are too heavy-handed.
When it comes to remote periods of history, most accounts are piecemeal. None of it ever adds up; so I roll various people into one, stack events and their dramas to suit my story and thus fill the gaps.
History’s flaws have only one cure. Fiction.
— You can find the ebook on Amazon here:
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