Jerry Owens

An action-packed historical fiction fantasy that will satisfy your adventurous side and your imagination, tug at your heart, and make you cheer. 

 

Follow the epic adventures of five generations of ancient warriors in this thrilling story based on ancient history. Our heroes and heroines are august warriors, builders of cities, and founders of kingdoms and countries. Their story takes place a millennium before the rise of the Roman Empire when dragons are being born and giants still walk the earth.

The story begins as Brutus (BROO-tuhs) reminisces about the generations of heroes who came before him. These ancestors led him through the ages to his moment in time at the birth of a new civilization and a new country. Each generation of heroes face the challenges and obstacles put in their path, be it hostile armies, mystical creatures, love gone wrong or right, and natural or unnatural disasters.
 

Anchises (an-KY-seez), once a hero of Troy and great warrior, is now aged and weak from the many battles fought and won. His roll now, an elder and counsel to the royal family of Troy and counsel to his own family. 

 

Aeneas (uh-NEE-us) rescues a thousand women and children from certain death at the fall of Troy. Their miraculous escape and adventures take them from Troy to Thrace to Carthage, and many places in between. 

 

Ascanius (as-KAY-nee-us) battles with enemies and dark forces to found a new city, which history tells was the foundation and mother city of Rome. 

 

Silvius (SIL-vee-us) inherits a kingdom from his father, and weds a divine entity who has taken human form. Tragically, Silvius is killed by his own son. His son cannot be executed because he is royalty, and so is forever exiled from the land he loves, which starts the whole chain of events and adventures which led to the making of... Memories of The First King.