my brother, my executioner is a novel by filipino author francisco sionil josé written in philippine english. a part of the rosales saga - a series of five interconnected fiction novels - "my brother, my executioner" ranks third in terms of chronology. in the united states, "my brother, my executioner" was published as a second part of the book, "don vicente", together with "tree", another novel which is also a part of josé’s "rosales saga". "tree" is the second novel of the historical saga, before "my brother, my executioner". this novel was first published in the philippines in the early 1970s.