Is being a hero a selfless act if the hero has nothing they’re sacrificing? Author Bishop O’Connell explores what a hero really looks like in the Big Idea for his newest novel, Stain of a Nation. Come along as he shows you what bravery looks like when someone has everything to lose.
BISHOP O’CONNELL:
Lost Cause Mythology is bullshit idea that the Confederate cause during the American Civil War was just, heroic, and not centered on slavery. Spoiler, it was centered on slavery. In Two-Gun Witch, the first book in this series, I wanted to counter that trope. I created a character who actually fought for a just cause and still lost. It served as a rather subtle attack against the myth. In Stain of a Nation, I drew inspiration more from John Brown in how I’d tackle the notion. If the book’s title sounds vaguely familiar, it’s a middle finger to a pro KKK and Lost Cause mythos film from 1915 called Birth of a Nation. That’s about as subtle as this story gets.
Source: The Big Idea: Bishop O’Connell | Whatever
