Post by btse1 on Jul 17, 2014 7:06:14 GMT -8
The setting: the Aegean Sea in 4460 BC, many centuries before the people we know as Greeks arrived in this fabled land. For seven generations the Madi Keht have made their home on one particular island in this broad sea. Then a new breed of men appears out of the east: violent and bloodthirsty, their aim is to seize it, for this island is the single known source of obsidian and the incredibly sharp blades that can be crafted from it.
The leaderless survivors of the invasion face certain extinction until one of them, Lan'ta of the Madi Keht, has a dream. Convinced it was a sign sent by the ancient Mother Goddess, it becomes his unshakable belief that they must flee the island by raft and make their way to a distant shore on the western horizon. But even before he can share his dream he is accused of cowardice by a one-eyed man who becomes his nemesis.
Lan'ta's quest to save his tribe ultimately succeeds, but at a terrible price that leaves him to raise his impressionable son alone. Once in the new land his people's pitifully small numbers must deal with prejudice, treachery from within and an indigenous tribe that poses a threat to their very survival.
The Glitter of Stone imagines the founding of Halia, a real place on the Aegean coast of Greece. Four thousand years later the site became a small classical city-state. It is also the first in a series that tells of ordinary people of Halia who find themselves caught up in the great events of their times, from the prehistoric era to the age of Classical Greece.
Genre: Historical Fiction (Ancient)
Length: 57,000 words
Price: $2.99
Available from Smashwords and Amazon; soon also from B&N, etc.
The leaderless survivors of the invasion face certain extinction until one of them, Lan'ta of the Madi Keht, has a dream. Convinced it was a sign sent by the ancient Mother Goddess, it becomes his unshakable belief that they must flee the island by raft and make their way to a distant shore on the western horizon. But even before he can share his dream he is accused of cowardice by a one-eyed man who becomes his nemesis.
Lan'ta's quest to save his tribe ultimately succeeds, but at a terrible price that leaves him to raise his impressionable son alone. Once in the new land his people's pitifully small numbers must deal with prejudice, treachery from within and an indigenous tribe that poses a threat to their very survival.
The Glitter of Stone imagines the founding of Halia, a real place on the Aegean coast of Greece. Four thousand years later the site became a small classical city-state. It is also the first in a series that tells of ordinary people of Halia who find themselves caught up in the great events of their times, from the prehistoric era to the age of Classical Greece.
Genre: Historical Fiction (Ancient)
Length: 57,000 words
Price: $2.99
Available from Smashwords and Amazon; soon also from B&N, etc.