update and review of The Last Legion

I haven't been on in a while, so I just wanted to brush off the cobwebs, so to speak.
Not much going on right now, working quite a bit with the printing and such and fitting in school where I can...reading and writing quite a bit. I'm up to the 9th chapter I believe in my novel, so almost half way done with the writing. I've typed up to chapter 6.

I need to get some art in there somewhere!:-) I did do a drawing and a watercolor at the art class last week that turned out quite well. Maybe I'll post them...

I also will try to get those trip pictures up soon!

I'm currently reading Rifles for Watie, and am really liking it. A very well written story.
Before that, I read The Last Legion by Valerio Manfredi, which I liked, but I wouldn't necessarily recommend because of some immorality and language. The frequent flurries of violence involved with the story could also be a little disturbing. For the most part the fights and such a fairly well done. What I found worse then the violence was the (in some places thick) spattering of foul language. I may be mistaken, but I doubt that 1st century Romans used that kind of language. There are also two scenes that contain immorality between Aurelius and Livia. The first is not graphic, but the second one, which comes before the final battle, is significantly more graphic then the first. I skipped over it. There are also some references to things that should not be referenced.
Ambrosinus was raised by Druids and so some things he says are a little...weird.
Those were my objections.
I really liked the mesh of characters and how they all worked together for the common goal of freeing Romulus. For his part, Romulus is loyal to his friends, not wanting to leave them in the end when they say that he has to. Aurelius overcomes his past(with some help from Ambosinus) to finally defeat Wulfila. Livia is supportive and protective of Romulus and her friends, but also defends her purity from the villains.(One can only wish she had excercised the same defensive stance toward Aurelius, but alas, it's not so.) Ambosinus, in writing his memoir, thanks God for giving him time to write it down, and makes lots of references to God helping them on their journey. Some of his lines that I liked were:
"We sang all together, Christian and Pagan, because in the splendor of the sun rising after night we see the face of God, the glory of Christ who brings light to the world."