Book Blurb
Efimios is an
ancient Greek and an unsung hero of Athens. He has saved the city countless
times by undertaking time-travelling missions as instructed by Goddess Athena
herself. Now an elderly man, he sends his son Phevos and his adopted daughter
Daphne on a time-travelling quest to modern-day Athens. Mysterious as always, he only advises his children to look out
for the signs without offering any explanations. Mystified, yet eager to obey
their father’s will, Phevos and Daphne settle down in this new world, having been offered assistance by two orphaned siblings: Ksenia and
Manos. New friendships and romantic love change their lives while their
father’s covert purpose is gradually revealed. As the youngsters continue to
unravel the secrets of their family past, inevitably they get caught up in the
ongoing conflict between two Gods, one of which becomes their protector and the
other, their worst nemesis. Who will prevail when the rival Gods meet again and
will the mortal bystanders survive to tell the tale?
Book Excerpt
First, there was this tremendous roar.
Everything around them shook with force and then, a blinding light
surrounded them as they were taken through a cyclone of ear-piercing sounds. Phevos held
the hand of his sister Daphne inside the forceful vortex of Time.
Neither of them knew where they were headed as they swirled
frightened beyond description, their bodies surrendered to the powerful
whirlwind. Their eyes were tightly shut to the blinding flashes of light and a
sound that resembled a sweeping tornado tortured their ears. In the twenty
years of his life, Phevos could never have imagined the intensity of the
experience.
Although still captured in this unprecedented storm of light and
sound, he managed to recall random pieces from his father’s stories. Efimios, his father and teacher, had described
to him hundreds of times his experience of the Passage through Time but Phevos never expected there would come a day that he would experience it
himself and at that, in such a different way.
Suddenly, he realized in panic
that his sister’s hand had slipped away from his. He started calling out her
name but through the roar he couldn’t even hear himself speak.
All at once, there was darkness and a soothing silence and next
thing he knew, he was lying on the ground.
A strong buzz still sounded in his ears. It took a few moments to
fade as he opened his eyes and tried to gather his wits. His body felt numb at
first but he managed to sit up somehow and look around him. The ground felt wet
under him and the air smelt of grass.
The moon shone high above on a starry sky with a velvet light that
was ample, allowing him to inspect his surroundings quite easily. He was in an
orchard.
There were trees, plants and bushes all around him.
Panicking, he realized that he was alone.
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