First Line – Titus, My Brother
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Since it would appear that the long-delayed military fiction anthology The Odds Are Against Us will be released “soon” and this was buttressed by the release of the cover, it is time to reveal the first line of my contribution to this book, “Titus, My Brother.”
The premise of the collection is stories about lone warriors or small contingents that faced overwhelming odds. I chose Roman Britain around 61 CE during the uprising of Boudicca as the setting for my tale. For more than that, I’ll let you read the story itself.
As first lines go, I think this one is pretty decent. It’s dialogue, which I think makes for a more powerful opening, and it get things started in setting time and place. Of course, the following paragraph homes in on those elements much more closely.
So, a solid B? Yeah, that’s what I’m going with. I know, I’m boring when it comes to these grades, but feel free to dispute.
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The Odds Are Against Us began life as a kickstarter project, one I supported early on.
I was thrilled to be ask to contribute, and even happier when “Titus, My Brother” made the cut. I went in what I think is a little bit different direction, but in an anthology, I think it is good to have a variety of angles and takes. Otherwise, it gets boring.
Titus and Appius are Roman soldiers headed to put down the Boudicca uprising that resulted in the taking of town Camulodunum. In addition to this straightforward element, there is some contemplation of the simple question of what soldiers fight for, and if you look a little deeper, some questions of the nature of empire and the age-old comparision of the modern USA to ancient Rome (though the latter is deep subtext).
The philosophy doesn’t hit you over the head, though. If you’re only looking for a good bit of fictional military history with some action and tension, “Titus, My Brother” delivers that.
One last thing about the story…. to differentiate it from my crime fiction, I wrote it under my real name. So while it is on the Frank Zafiro page, this one was penned by Frank Scalise…
Still no fixed release date from the publisher, Liberty Island, but the word from editor Oren Litwin is “soon.”
Source: All The Madness In My Soul
