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Hi,

Welcome to my Science Fiction story, "Gladiators of Internium: The Realm of Stolen Memories.”

I started running this story several years ago and have done my best to write it at an understandable level. There may be sections that need more work and attention to flush out details and story points, but this is why I am doing this Andy Weir review style.

Let me know if you see anything that needs to be corrected so I can revise it. This is a family drama, mystery, and science fiction novel with swordplay. But I have done my best to make it easy to read. This was the type of book I wanted to write in my teens as I was power-diving my way into the works of Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert, and Edgar Rice Burroughs.

These stories occur on an extraterrestrial superstructure inhabited by ex-Roman gladiators, Roman citizens, ancient Chinese, and an alien race known as the Squall. All of them were resurrected from the dead after many centuries. It has been a generation since a renegade explorer returned to this place with these primitive humans. A mystery has started to surface in that many of the humans resurrected via the Squall have had sections of their memories stolen. When the Ancient Gladiator General Spartacus, a friend of the Squall explorer Libra, turns up, this mystery hits home. As the search to discover what happened to Spartacus's memory unfolds, a larger conspiracy starts to reveal itself and may connect to the events that led to the peace that the Squall and the humans now share.

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Now onto the book.

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Now onto the book.

The first few chapters are here.

Prologue:

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Hello, everyone.

"Be patient with yourself. You are a fire that Is now burning bright, but you had to be reignited several times in order to stay lit. You had to wait for the storm to pass so it wasn't raining. It couldn't be too wet outside to get you going. And before that you also had to wait for the fire ban during summer to lift. It took a fair amount of time to gather kindling and then shave the wood chips for your creation. A perfect location had to be arranged. Maybe this time you choose to be beside a raging river to match your fierce determination and power. Or perhaps this time you chose the beach by the ocean to be comforted by the sands of time and close to the calming waves. Or possibly this time you're out in the wilderness escaping the worries and stressors of the bread and circus of that which is life. No matter the destination, you are blazing now. Burn bright and light up the sky. Be the warmth that people gravitate towards and be the reason that people come together. Be the life of the party and the reason people dance. Or choose to be intimate, cozy and personal with those closest to you. Burn slow and steady or burn furious and fast, it's up to you. But be cautious either way. Don't become a Forest fire by losing control of yourself. Stay contained and respect yours and others' boundaries. It took a lot of perfect conditions to get this fire going so it would be a shame to have you put out before you've enjoyed your stay. Don't Burn too slow or life will pass you by without living out your dreams. Burn with passion and desire. You have a chance to show the world the fires of your soul so don't be afraid to be uniquely you. This is not your first fire and it probably won't be your last but I urge you to take this opportunity to Burn with intention because you never know how long you have until your embers fade. And my wish for you is that when that day does come and your embers die out, you can someday become the mighty Phoenix who rises from the ashes and reignites the flames of your soul. Burn, baby, burn."