Rohan Monteiro

 But you … you’re omnicognisant,’ said Brutha. ‘That doesn’t mean I know everything.’ Brutha bit his lip. ‘Um. Yes. It does.’ ‘You sure?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Thought that was omnipotent.’ ‘No. That means you’re all-powerful. And you are. That’s what it says in the Book of Ossory. He was one of the Great Prophets, you know. I hope,’ Brutha added. ‘Who told him I was omnipotent?’ ‘You did.’ ‘No I didn’t.’ ‘Well, he said you did.’ ‘Don’t even remember anyone called Ossory,’ the tortoise muttered. ‘You spoke to him in the desert,’ said Brutha. ‘You must remember. He was eight feet tall? With a very long beard? And a huge staff? And the glow of the holy horns shining out of his head?’ He hesitated. But he’d seen the statues and the holy icons. They couldn’t be wrong. ‘Never met anyone like that,’ said the small god Om. ‘Maybe he was a bit shorter,’ Brutha conceded. ‘Ossory. Ossory,’ said the tortoise. ‘No … no … can’t say I—’ ‘He said that you spoke unto him from out of a pillar of flame,’ said Bru...

 Finally read 3 of Howard Andrew Jones Books titled the Hanuvar trilogy - meant to be a series of 5 books but unfortunately he died midway. So, as you might have guessed, I quite enjoyed the books. If you've ever read Savage Sword of Conan or just Conan in general, it has a very similar sword and sorcery feel. I have been a fan of Howard Andrew Jones ever since I read his excellent Ring-Sworn trilogy.  The very broad plot? This is the story of Hannibal (the general, not the cannibal) after the fall of Carthage. Except, instead of consuming poison and dying like the one in our world, Hanuvar goes around the Roman empire rescuing his countrymen who have been enslaved and shipping them towards a new island home. What this story did is made me want to read a lot more about Hannibal.  And so I now have Adrian Goldsworthy and Philip Matsyzak on my to read list.