The Sound of Seven Thunders

YOUNG SLAVEBOY SHAVA wants only to become
a Roman man and Roman soldier—the sooner the better.
He’s unaware of being surrounded by people
with secret and all-consuming claims on his life—
either for his glorious future beyond anything he could imagine,
or to sacrifice his future for their own twisted purposes.

For his mother, Mahrona—who’s forbidden
to have any free contact with her son Shava—
conflict is constant with her captor, Roma’s General Tundus.
As her hopes die for escaping that man’s oppression,
a way finally opens to seal the general’s death.

Meanwhile Tundus, thanks to unintended help from Mahrona,
encounters a breakthrough for pushing to completion
his long-pursued plan for a surprise strike against Parthia,
which he’s convinced will restore Roma to its divinely appointed mission
of seeking world governance, world order, world peace.
But a secret maneuver meant to clinch the Emperor’s approval
for the plan—looks certain instead to destroy it.

• Can an oppressed woman escape
  a foreign nation she’s come to hate—
  and restore her son to his thrilling destiny
  in a homeland he knows nothing of?

• Can that slaveboy recover his greatest dream
  when his heroes let him down?

• And for their visionary captor and master—
  what cost is too high as he pursues a wild plan
  that encompasses all the world?

Book 2 of THE SHAVAD

[now being edited]

Elements COMING SOON on these pages:

→ a Chapter-by-Chapter Author’s Commentary  that discusses historical background of each of the three books in The Shavad, as well as their creative factors

→  FAQ, discussing especially larger historical questions

→ an “Inspiration and Influences” section that looks at works of literature, music, and art that have influenced the flavor and heart of The Shavad 

→  Acknowledgments, plus a Bibliography relating especially to historical research behind these stories

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