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    Dark Blue Almost Black: Laudate Deum
    Ishmael's Burden: in hoc signo vinces
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    in hoc signo vinces Series

    By John Olsen

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    Marcus is a child slave turned soldier in the army of Emperor Constantine, A.D. 312. His heroism in battle earns him an important assignment to Carthage, capitol of Africa, where he is unwittingly embroiled in the tensions growing amongst the Christians of Africa and Numidia following Emperor Constantine's Edict of Milan. There he is cast into the Horrors of captivity and torture at the hands of a suicide cult of crazed Berbers and deserters from Rome's many Legions.

    Olivia, the young daughter of the wealthy Patrician who once owned Marcus, must flee Italia because of her father's misplaced loyalty to the recently defeated Tyrant of Rome, Emperor Maxentius. In the hills of Etruria she discovers the ancient virtues of Rome's esteemed women of old. In Carthage she is granted a place in the household of Carthage's most wealthy person, the influential and highly controversial widow Lucilla (a real historical character whose role in the events of this book is critical).

    While neither knows the other has survived Rome's recent civil war, the bond between Marcus and Olivia matures beyond that of simple childhood playmates. With the help of a mysterious Tuareg 'Blue Man of the Desert' and a Phoenician mariner, the greatest love story of antiquity culminates in an epic struggle in Numidia's formidable mountain top city of Cirta.

    Dark Blue Almost Black is a novel of historical fiction, sequel to John Olsen's first novel, Ishmael's Burden. Exhaustively researched and cross-referenced historical events are woven together to form an accurate historical context in which this great love story unfolds.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJohn Olsen
    Release dateMay 3, 2018
    Dark Blue Almost Black: Laudate Deum
    Ishmael's Burden: in hoc signo vinces

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      Ishmael's Burden: in hoc signo vinces
      Ishmael's Burden: in hoc signo vinces

      Ishmael's Burden: in hoc signo vinces

      John Olsen
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      ‘Ishmael’s Burden’ chronicles the journey of Marcus in the year 312 A.D., a slave turned soldier in Roman Emperor Constantine’s invasion of Italia, and the pivotal role he plays in the Emperor’s divine vision of the Chi-Rho in the heavens on the eve of battle with his rival, Emperor Maxentius, at the Milvian Bridge outside of Rome. In This Sign the Emperor would indeed Conquer. He is joined, though separated by a mere 1700 years, by a disparate though very unified group: a Whirling Dervish from war torn Iraq, a disturbed Lithuanian Rabi and a devout Black woman from Southern Louisiana. Together, pursuant to a mandate given the illegitimate first born son of the prophet Abraham, they join Marcus in a very discrete defense of Western Civilization’s troubled history. Across the folds of time, two parallel series of events unfold, bound by one small act of commission, to Love Thy Neighbor, and pitted against humanity's one grand ubiquitous act of omission...Apathy. Ishmael's Burden is a novel of historical fiction, prequel to John Olsen's second novel Dark Blue Almost Black. Exhaustively researched and cross-referenced historical events are woven together with fictional characters to depict how events surrounding the Battle of the Milvian Bridge transpired.

      ‘Ishmael’s Burden’ chronicles the journey of Marcus in the year 312 A.D., a slave turned soldier in Roman Emperor Constantine’s invasion of Italia, and the pivotal role he plays in the Emperor’s divine vision of the Chi-Rho in the heavens on the eve of battle with his rival, Emperor Maxentius, at the Milvian Bridge outside of Rome. In This Sign the Emperor would indeed Conquer. He is joined, though separated by a mere 1700 years, by a disparate though very unified group: a Whirling Dervish from war torn Iraq, a disturbed Lithuanian Rabi and a devout Black woman from Southern Louisiana. Together, pursuant to a mandate given the illegitimate first born son of the prophet Abraham, they join Marcus in a very discrete defense of Western Civilization’s troubled history. Across the folds of time, two parallel series of events unfold, bound by one small act of commission, to Love Thy Neighbor, and pitted against humanity's one grand ubiquitous act of omission...Apathy. Ishmael's Burden is a novel of historical fiction, prequel to John Olsen's second novel Dark Blue Almost Black. Exhaustively researched and cross-referenced historical events are woven together with fictional characters to depict how events surrounding the Battle of the Milvian Bridge transpired.

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      Dark Blue Almost Black: Laudate Deum
      Dark Blue Almost Black: Laudate Deum

      Dark Blue Almost Black: Laudate Deum

      John Olsen
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      Marcus is a child slave turned soldier in the army of Emperor Constantine, A.D. 312. His heroism in battle earns him an important assignment to Carthage, capitol of Africa, where he is unwittingly embroiled in the tensions growing amongst the Christians of Africa and Numidia following Emperor Constantine's Edict of Milan. There he is cast into the Horrors of captivity and torture at the hands of a suicide cult of crazed Berbers and deserters from Rome's many Legions. Olivia, the young daughter of the wealthy Patrician who once owned Marcus, must flee Italia because of her father's misplaced loyalty to the recently defeated Tyrant of Rome, Emperor Maxentius. In the hills of Etruria she discovers the ancient virtues of Rome's esteemed women of old. In Carthage she is granted a place in the household of Carthage's most wealthy person, the influential and highly controversial widow Lucilla (a real historical character whose role in the events of this book is critical). While neither knows the other has survived Rome's recent civil war, the bond between Marcus and Olivia matures beyond that of simple childhood playmates. With the help of a mysterious Tuareg 'Blue Man of the Desert' and a Phoenician mariner, the greatest love story of antiquity culminates in an epic struggle in Numidia's formidable mountain top city of Cirta. Dark Blue Almost Black is a novel of historical fiction, sequel to John Olsen's first novel, Ishmael's Burden. Exhaustively researched and cross-referenced historical events are woven together to form an accurate historical context in which this great love story unfolds.

      Marcus is a child slave turned soldier in the army of Emperor Constantine, A.D. 312. His heroism in battle earns him an important assignment to Carthage, capitol of Africa, where he is unwittingly embroiled in the tensions growing amongst the Christians of Africa and Numidia following Emperor Constantine's Edict of Milan. There he is cast into the Horrors of captivity and torture at the hands of a suicide cult of crazed Berbers and deserters from Rome's many Legions. Olivia, the young daughter of the wealthy Patrician who once owned Marcus, must flee Italia because of her father's misplaced loyalty to the recently defeated Tyrant of Rome, Emperor Maxentius. In the hills of Etruria she discovers the ancient virtues of Rome's esteemed women of old. In Carthage she is granted a place in the household of Carthage's most wealthy person, the influential and highly controversial widow Lucilla (a real historical character whose role in the events of this book is critical). While neither knows the other has survived Rome's recent civil war, the bond between Marcus and Olivia matures beyond that of simple childhood playmates. With the help of a mysterious Tuareg 'Blue Man of the Desert' and a Phoenician mariner, the greatest love story of antiquity culminates in an epic struggle in Numidia's formidable mountain top city of Cirta. Dark Blue Almost Black is a novel of historical fiction, sequel to John Olsen's first novel, Ishmael's Burden. Exhaustively researched and cross-referenced historical events are woven together to form an accurate historical context in which this great love story unfolds.

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