Interesting that the same thing happened to you, Mary. Sometimes that's how it is: you need to tell a whole story before you start to realize the characters that are so fascinating. I think about Star Wars and how so much of the Star Wars media after the old 2001 prequels focused on individual Clones. They were meant, literally, as giant, disposable, faceless soldiers... but people were fascinated by them... so their stories needed to be told.
That sounds like a fascinating story, by the way. I wish more fiction looked at ancient slavery more firmly in the eye.
Interesting that the same thing happened to you, Mary. Sometimes that's how it is: you need to tell a whole story before you start to realize the characters that are so fascinating. I think about Star Wars and how so much of the Star Wars media after the old 2001 prequels focused on individual Clones. They were meant, literally, as giant, disposable, faceless soldiers... but people were fascinated by them... so their stories needed to be told.
That sounds like a fascinating story, by the way. I wish more fiction looked at ancient slavery more firmly in the eye.