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MrBillyD, I suggest posting your request for reviews to the Premium group as well to get the largest possible audience. This group is small and you may not get enough feedback.

The design of the guards' helmets is straight out of Star Wars.

More searching turns up koutei as the generic version of emperor. So Baka Koutei is the martial art, which Apollo thinks may mean mangled testicles.

Looks like emperor is mikado.

The plot thickens. I can translate something humorous (e.g., "idiot emperor") to Romaji, then have Apollo incorrectly translate it to mangled testicles. Only actual Japanese speakers or someone willing to try translating it will know. My Romaji translator doesn't seem to reliably generate a word that Google recognizes as emperor, though.

Naming contest. I need a name for the nasty martial arts invented by the demented Samurai. It's actually based on real Israeli military fighting techniques, meant to inflict maximum damage as quickly as possible. I originally called it Glorious Death (something after Worf's heart), then changed it to Banzai, but I find that name too silly (K says I told you so). Whatever the name, it still needs an element of tongue in cheek. A real Japanese word might be good. Maybe one of these days Google will implement English-to-Romaji translations to play with. Anyone know what the Romaji word for bitch slap is? :-)

Based on Don Chambers's feedback, I've renamed my short story to Connor to make the ending more of a surprise. It's posted under Mysteries & Thrillers. It's also on my profile page. I'm definitely turning it into my next book, albeit with a different setting and ending. Now if I can just finish my current tome.

My next chapter, Defending a Fair Maiden's Honor, is up. This used to be called The Imperial Heir Strikes. Most of it is unchanged. Just did some world building and cleanup, gave it a new epigraph, and made Gaia (aka Aphrodite) into a bit of a slut for her first major appearance. She'll be pursuing Apollo aggressively.

Quick, go read!

Thanks
Dirk

I used "with matching shoes" a lot when describing Aphrodite's outfits in v2. I copied that style from someone else, but I can't seem to get used to it. Is it common?

For those who dislike my Galactipedia articles, you'll be happy to know the one about New Bethlehem is gone. After I dropped the Trump-inspired preacher, it served no useful purpose. The key content from that article is now two paragraphs in the chapter that follows it. That leaves just The Great Collapse of Civilization and The Rise of the Julii. There will be one more soon in Act I about Prof. Hinkley and his discovery of FTL travel and the coconut-powered time machine. Those may be the only ones in the book, actually, since there's plenty of nonsense in the epigraphs from here on.

The hidden injector is necessary for the story. He hits it more and more as his stress builds, and he's addicted, although I haven't written that in yet.

When he can't wear it, like during the Samurai's mud wrestling, he risks exposure. Ditto for when he didn't have enough narcotics in his hidden patch at the Colosseum.

I've been on fentanyl in the past and that stuff packs quite a wallop for such little patches. In Apollo's case, he adjusts the dosage as needed. He even surreptitiously hit the injector several times while standing in front of the Imperator.

Thanks. Interesting coincidence. I'm on gabapentin for chronic pain.