Owen R. O'Neill's Blog, page 3
February 12, 2025
Wrestling with Proteus: The endeavor to “get a clue”.
In this second installment of my essay, I give an overview of the historical data that may relate to a historical Trojan War, focusing on conflicts in both western Anatolia and Mycenean Greece, with particular emphasis on evidence from Hittite documents. I also touch on the relationship between Thebes and Mycenae during the late Bronze… Continue reading...
February 11, 2025
Wrestling with Proteus: Toward a new analytic framework for understanding the Iliad, the Cyclic poems and the Trojan War.
The Trojan War is one of our oldest and most debated traditions. The conflict’s historicity has become increasingly accepted, but its nature is poorly understood. This essay suggests one issue may be the approach to both literary and historical analyses, which generally assume a basic outline for the Trojan War that is “taken for granted.”… Continue reading...
February 10, 2025
An Update: What a Long Strange Trip it’s Been!
It’s been about 5 years since we’ve posted anything here, so I thought I’d post an update on what the last half-decade has been like. As the post title says, it’s been a long strange trip, both for us and the world at large. We’ve both faced heath issues, including a bout of COVID that… Continue reading...
March 25, 2020
Our Entire Series — Free!
Hello! Its been quite a while since weve been on here, but were popping on just to say that our whole series will be free from Friday, March 27, 2020, 12:00 AM PDT until Tuesday, March 31, 2020, 11:59 PM PDT. So if youre looking for something to read in these uncertain times (especially as Continue reading...
July 2, 2018
4th of July Sale!
In honor of the Fourth of July, we are putting all of the books in our series on sale for $0.99 starting July 3rd! Visit my Amazon page to take advantage of this week-long sale! https://www.amazon.com/default/e/B00C... “The Taking of Romeo Nine” is also free from July 3rd through July 7th! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HU2NBQK And keep in mind… Continue reading...
June 6, 2018
Books 5 & 6 are now free
Hello Readers, Due our currently being on hiatus, we’ve decided to offer both The Bonds of Orion and Orion’s Price for free. You can download the kindle files directly via their pages here: The Bonds of Orion Orion’s Price We have elected to remove both books from Amazon for the time being, so they will… Continue reading...
June 2, 2018
Hiatus
Dear Readers, It is with regret that we announce we will be postponing work on the series indefinitely. With numerous life-changing events happening this year, we unfortunately don’t have the time to commit to writing the book worthy of you… Continue reading...
May 7, 2018
Happy Fifth Birthday, Alecto!
Hello again, Readers! It was five years ago today that we hit the publish button for The Alecto Initiative. We had no idea what that would mean and close to zero expectations anyone would actually read it. That you did read it, and the books that followed after it, continues to fill us with joy… Continue reading...
March 4, 2018
Orion’s Price Print Edition is now live!
Hello Readers! We promised the print edition of Orion’s Price “shortly”, and it’s live now! You may purchase it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1980467048! Once again, thank you for all your support and patience as we finished up this book! All the best, Owen & Jordan
Orion’s Price is now live!
Dear Readers! Orion’s Price, is now live on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B079J4ZSWW The print edition has been prepared and will be available shortly! A huge “Thank you!” to all of you who pre-ordered it! That means the world to us! Owen & Jordan
