Manticore
Qanat
Type: Beta project
Genre: Historical fiction, literary, myth retelling
Word count: 128,000
Warnings: Graphic violence, graphic sexual content
General Harpagus of the Empire of Medea has earned the king’s unwavering trust. That trust is tested when Harpagus is ordered to murder the king’s newborn grandson, who has been prophesied to overthrow the king. Anguished, Harpagus pretends to agree and hides the babe, hoping his secret will remain safe. But hope is elusive, and secrets are fated to surface. Please note: this book is over 120,000 words, so you will have three weeks to complete it, and the bonus will be £15.
Ecbatana (modern-day Hamadan, Iran); Sixth Century BCE. Harpagus, a formidable Medean general and kin to King Astyages of the Medes, is ordered to kill Astyages’s newborn grandson, who has been prophesied to overthrow him and rule the Medes as a Persian. Harpagus doesn’t have the heart to kill the babe and tells the king’s trusted herder to care for him. Ten years later, the king learns of Harpagus’s treason and punishes him by the cruelest, most heart-wrenching method. Devastated, Harpagus falls into a state of hopelessness until he is ready to strike back. He sets out on a thirteen-year mission to realize the prophecy Astyages feared most: having him overthrown by a Persian prince.
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