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Douglas Jackson · Glory of Rome (Gaius Valerius Verrens 8)
Glory of Rome
The novel we read for craft — how a prologue of horror on Mona sets up a hero's domestic calm, and the druid material we can mine.
Craft note
The book opens with a druidic human sacrifice on Mona (horror, scale, stakes), then cuts to the hero Valerius fishing with his son (warmth, intimacy) — a deliberate contrast that makes the coming storm feel earned.
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