by storyofyears | Jun 8, 2025 | Religious Fiction
Chapter 1: The Shadow of the EmpireThe dawn over Aquileia was a pale thing, as if the sun itself mourned for what the city had become. Once, the great port had been a jewel of the northern Adriatic, the gateway between the Roman world and the distant, barbarian lands....
by storyofyears | May 9, 2025 | Religious Fiction
Chapter 1: Shadows Over the NileThe Nile’s waters reflected the waning light, gilding the mudbrick walls of Thebes in a molten glow. Henut, a scribe of modest lineage, paused on the temple steps, papyrus scrolls pressed to his chest. The air was thick with incense and...
by storyofyears | Apr 30, 2025 | Religious Fiction
Chapter 1: The Sound of the BellThe low, insistent tolling of the bell echoed across the muddy lanes of Concord, Massachusetts. It was an April morning in 1774, and the air held the promise of another cold, gray New England spring. The bell, suspended above the...
