Christopher D. Stanley's Blog

I'm excited to announce that the Audible version of the second book in my "A Slave's Story" fiction trilogy, "A Bull for Pluto" will be available in the next few weeks. My reader has finished recording it, but there are a few minor points to be fixed before the book is uploaded to Audible. I've listened to the whole thing, and it's wonderful! Keith Gerhard, my narrator, does an excellent job of creating memorable voices for each of my characters. I think the book is better in audio form than on the printed page!

For those who are unfamiliar with my "A Slave's Story" series, the first book follows the journey of a Roman slave and his master across western Asia Minor in search of healing at the sanctuary of the god Asklepios at Pergamon, while the second book covers what happens when that quest ends in failure. Both books offer a wealth of information about the social and religious lives of oridinary people in the Roman provinces. Both are receiving excellent reviews on Amazon and Goodreads.

To learn more, see my Website, https://www.aslavesstory.com/. Get ready for the audio version of "A Bull for Pluto" by listening to the first book in the series, "A Rooster for Asklepios," posted at https://adbl.co/3IoHiLx. Both books are well worth your time!

In case it matters, I'm a social and religious historian of the Roman world with over 30 years of research and writing experience in the academic world. These books draw heavily on that background--if it's in the book, you can assume that it's historically accurate, or as much as we can know.

A Bull For Pluto: A Slave's Story, Book 2

ENTER TO WIN ONE OF 100 FREE KINDLE COPIES

I'm running a Goodreads Giveaway during the month of October in which 100 lucky people will receive a free copy of the Kindle version of " A Rooster for Asklepios," the first book in my "A Slave's Story" historical fiction trilogy set in Roman Asia Minor in the mid-first century AD.

To enter the Giveaway, go to https://bit.ly/3B3bgCf. You must have an Amazon account to receive the free cop

To learn more about the series, go to https://www.aslavesstory.com. An audio version of the first book is also available on Audible (https://adbl.co/2Y9Rm9M), though it's not part of this Giveaway.

Chris Stanley

A Rooster for Asklepios, the first book in my "A Slave's Story" fiction trilogy set in first-century Roman Asia Minor, is featured TODAY on "The Author's Show" podcast. Listen any time today, or download for later use. Check it out at https://is.gd/rPLIYa!

For more on the novels, including plot summaries and links to purchase sites, see my Website, https://www.aslavesstory.com. To view my Goodreads author page , visit https://www.goodreads.com/author/show....

Five stars on Amazon and Goodreads!

THIS WEEK! Blog tour begins for my new historical fiction trilogy that brings to life the social and religious world of Jews and Christians in 1st century AD Asia Minor.

To view the schedule, go to https://is.gd/LiQtC0. Links to the individual blog sites will go "live" on the days noted at this site/

To learn more about the series, visit my Website at https://www.aslavesstory.com/.

Chris Stanley

An author interview describing my work in crafting my new historical fiction trilogy is posted today at https://u.nu/5c4xi.

For more information about the series, see my Website at https://www.aslavesstory.com. As a special bonus, you'll hear a beautiful recording of the oldest known song from the Greek world when you reach the landing page!

Why didn’t upper-class Romans want their children to become doctors?

See the blog post at https://tinyurl.com/yadtq74v

How did the Romans control their empire?

A strong central bureaucracy? Far from it.

A dominant military presence? Not outside of “barbarian” Europe.

Vulcan mind control? Wrong again.

So how did they do it?

See the blog post at https://tinyurl.com/y7adhydr

Here's another blog post from my Website for the "A Slave's Story" trilogy.

Where did ancient Greeks and Romans do their shopping? Could they do it any time, or only on certain occasions?

https://tinyurl.com/ybp9aqwj

I've been posting notices on other sites about new blog entries on the Website for my "A Slave's Story" trilogy, but I keep forgetting to post them here on Goodreads. Rather than dumping a bunch of them in at once, I'll post links to two or three of them each day, along with a question to pique your interest.

Here's the first one to get you started: Why didn’t upper-class Romans want their children to become doctors?

Answer: ://tinyurl.com/yadtq74v

In addition to the Website that I mentioned in an earlier post (http://aslavesstory.com), I maintain a Facebook page for the "A Slave's Story" trilogy where I share periodic posts from my Website on aspects of everyday social life in the Roman Empire that are relevant to the story line of the novels. To receive notices about these posts as they appear, "like" my page at https://www.facebook.com/aslavesstory.