Evidence: The Interpreter of Anshan
Cyrus emerged from Anshan and overthrew Astyages before founding the Achaemenid Empire; detailed private conversations are not preserved. The setting or public event is documented; dialogue, motives, and recurring characters are invented. Narseh is fictiona…
The Book of Diesel 22 · prequel→evidenceEvidence: The Night Babylon Opened
The Nabonidus Chronicle and Cyrus Cylinder describe Cyrus's conquest of Babylon and his restoration claims, though royal texts are ideological documents. The setting or public event is documented; dialogue, motives, and recurring characters are invented. Th…
The Book of Diesel 23 · prequel→evidenceEvidence: Three Gods Claim a King
The Cyrus Cylinder credits Marduk, while Isaiah and Ezra credit Yahweh; Cyrus's personal religious identity remains debated. The chapter is literary theology rather than recoverable event history. Narseh's comparative archive is fictional, though the compet…
The Book of Diesel 25 · prequel→evidenceEvidence: The Three Days
Luke 2:41–52 places Jesus in Jerusalem at twelve, listening and asking questions, before he returns to Nazareth. The cited text, place, practice, or historical setting is real; Jesus’s Magian training and private actions are the novel’s declared reconstruct…
The Missing Years 1 · missing→evidenceEvidence: Mary’s Anger
Luke says Mary and Joseph found Jesus after three days and that Mary confronted him about their distress. The cited text, place, practice, or historical setting is real; Jesus’s Magian training and private actions are the novel’s declared reconstruction. Th…
The Missing Years 3 · missing→