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    The Repentant Sicarii
    The Repentant Sicarii
    The Repentant Sicarii
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    The Repentant Sicarii

    By Paul Sharville

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    Two close friends, one a violent pragmatist engaged in a murderous war against occupation, the other a self-proclaimed messiah here to save humanity. This retelling of the relationship between Judas Iscariot and Jesus of Nazareth is about an extraordinary friendship set against a remarkable event. In place of the commonly perceived self-serving traitor comes Judas, the tough, charming and unwavering disciple. When asked by Jesus to betray him, Judas dutifully obeys. What follows will break his heart and body, but with it will come absolution and repentance – a final gift from his friend – for a man whose hands are stained deep with the blood of his victims.
    The Repentant Sicarii is the first in the Scarred Hearts series of short stories, which follow the interwoven lives of ten individuals close to Jesus of Nazareth in the days leading to his death.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPaul Sharville
    Release dateAug 13, 2012
    ISBN9780957357808
    The Repentant Sicarii
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    Paul Sharville

    Paul Sharville is a freelance writer, living in Brighton, England. He works as a commercial copywriter and speechwriter, and is also a short story writer and performed playwright.

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      The Repentant Sicarii - Paul Sharville

      The Repentant Sicarii

      By Paul Sharville

      Copyright 2012 Paul Sharville

      Smashwords Edition

      Paul Sharville asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this ebook with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this ebook and didn’t purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, incidents and dialogues are products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual people, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

      DEDICATION

      To Alice, Joseph, Ellie and Will

      ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

      Thanks to Mark Slater and Catherine Smith, tutors on the University of Sussex Creative Writing Programme, and to my fellow students for their feedback and support. The University of Sussex has now decided to close this valuable programme, but like all good things, it has resurfaced without the shackles of institutional politics and economics, and is available at New Writing South in Brighton, UK. Visit www.newwritingsouth.com

      Last but not least, thanks to Simon Sharville for the cover design. Visit www.simonsharville.co.uk

      CONTENTS

      Copyright

      Dedication

      Acknowledgments

      Title

      The Repentant Sicarii

      About the Scarred Hearts collection

      About the author

      Connect with me online

      THE REPENTANT SICARII

      by Paul Sharville

      My name is Judas Iscariot, held to be the man who betrayed Jesus.

      It is not true.

      This is the truth, though I don’t say I was a good man.

      I have hanged myself, and I thought it would be quick: how it should be. An

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