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The Brotherhood of the Rose by David Morrell
The Brotherhood of the Rose by David Morrell






The Brotherhood of the Rose by David Morrell

They don’t know it until later, but Eliot has several pairs of orphaned boys from various cities. Suggestions from Eliot are the same as commands. When they are old enough he suggests they join the military. As they grow up their foster father suggests certain activities for them such as Karate. He takes Chris on backpacking trips and fishing trips. In an orphanage you are more likely to find a bar of gold than a bar of chocolate. Isn’t that the case with many of us, finding our close friends to be more our brothers and sisters than our own flesh and blood? Chris (Remus) is visited periodically by a gray faced man named Eliot who starts every visit by extending a Baby Ruth candy bar.

The Brotherhood of the Rose by David Morrell

There once were two boys named Romulus and Remus, not the two founders of Rome, but two boys who found each other in an orphanage in Pennsylvania. The members of the council pledged themselves not to reveal what they discussed in the room, sub rosa under the rose.”

The Brotherhood of the Rose by David Morrell

In the Middle ages, a rose was customarily suspended from the ceiling of a council chamber. In time, the rose became the symbol for silence and secrecy. ”In Greek mythology, the god of love once offered a rose to the god of silence, as a bribe, to keep that god from disclosing the weaknesses of the other gods.








The Brotherhood of the Rose by David Morrell