Coridan and Lysander had been together from the time they were seven years old. So young. Even now they'd barely left their childhood behind. What childhood? They were born for war, did nothing but train for war. Andreas didn't know Lysander or Coridan, but that didn't prevent his grief at their fate from taking deep hold.
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That's grim and tense, well done.
ReplyDeleteThank you. It highlights the difference between a Spartan's childhood and that of a helot.
DeleteI like the sadness here and how it can be recognised by an outsider when the men themselves might not see it.
ReplyDeleteAnd they didn't recognize it. Later Theron sees children playing and thinks they should be training and learning how to be adults.
DeleteDeeply touching. And it makes me want to know more about the characters. A lot more.
ReplyDeleteThe first book in the series, A Spartan Love, is already published. A Tested Love will be out in mid-March.
DeleteVery intense - and intriguing.
ReplyDeleteIt's always difficult to give life to a foreign culture in such a way that the readers get a true sense of it without having the characters get didactic.
Deletehere's hoping they find something more than war and training for war in their lives.
ReplyDeleteUnfortunately, only two Spartans escape that fate.
DeleteThis is probably my favorite part: "What childhood? They were born for war..."
ReplyDeleteRegrettably, it was true for the Spartans of that era.
DeleteSo sad! What happened to them?
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