Steven Pressfield

This is really the first book where he's been aware of his situation.

You know, where he realizes, oh, I'm on this wheel of damnation and I want to get off of it.

You know, where he starts having flashbacks to the way the book kind of starts or the kind of the inciting incident, even though it happens about 40 pages into the book, is a horse.

appears following him.

He's serving as a mercenary in 15th century Italy, actually.

And he recognizes the horse as his horse from 1500 years ago when he served as a Roman legionary in the Holy Land.

And so this he's different now because he goes, holy mackerel, what's going on here?

Where did this animal come from?

How could this possibly be?

Why is it here?

Maybe this beast is here to lead me out of this wheel of damnation.

So he is a more mature character.

Actually, the other book that I'm working on that just finished, Anthony.

It's like a prequel back to sort of the young Delamond where you kind of see his attitude, his philosophy, how it formed, which that was fun.

Or what was the reason?

I chose it for two reasons.

One is that it's at the discovery of the new world has just happened like 15 years earlier.

And as you know, that plays a part in the story, right?

But the other reason is that

During the Roman Empire, Spain was a province of the empire.