His army defeated in battle, the Emperor, and former lord of the world, is alone as he scans the battlefield, the place of his downfall. With time to think now, he contemplates his past mistakes and tries to understand them. With countless dead soldiers below his feet, the Emperor tries to escape by moving to the horizon. It is there, he believes, he will find peace and be reunited with his loving family. What will await him?
God and the Lonely Emperor is a 2,500-word short story.
God and the Lonely Emperor
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Pages: 9
Language: English
Publication date: 20/02/2014
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An emperor meets his maker.
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James Dargan was born in Birmingham, England, in 1974. Coming from an Irish background, he frequently writes about that experience. As well as England, he has also lived in the United States, Ireland, and - for the best part of fifteen years - in Warsaw, Poland, his home from home from home.