Goodreads asked Miles Watson:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Miles Watson I wanted to tell a story about men on both sides of a vast conflict -- not merely what they were going through physically but spiritually and emotionally as well. It turned out the idea was too large for any one novel to contain, so I extended it into a three book series. I finished the first book and am now nearly done with the second. The origin of the idea probably lies in late childhood, when I began to read the history books of the Englishman Charles Whiting. His approach to history was to treat it as a story to be told and not facts to be related, and he told both sides of that tale without fear or favor. That's what I'm trying to do here.

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