TORMENTED SOULS, Book Three of THE BRAIDS OF KAMINARI Quartet takes Vasili, now re-named Alexandros, from Kaminari to Tripoli and finally to Piraeus, to work among on the docks beside stevedores, sex workers and gamblers. Having no real memory of where he came from before the violent blow to the head that needed all the magic and skill of healer lady Anogi to fix, he nevertheless keeps getting flashes of Vasili's memories, leading to a stunning twist at the end.
Book One, VENDETTA IN ARCADIA, tells of a blood feud that would not end, how a single spontaneous act of violence brought an abrupt end to a profound love story and started a chain reaction of extraordinary events.
Book 2, SHIFTING SOULS, continues the story of Kostas and Vasili, two young men from warring clans, one the injured and the other the perpetrator, yet both victims and both in need of intervention from the world beyond,
THE BRAIDS OF KAMINARI Quartet is a deeply human saga of interwoven lives in the foothills of beautiful and bountiful Arcadia in the late-1800s. Jaw-dropping other-worldly happenings are seamlessly integrated into the lives of the rich variety of memorable characters, bringing 19th century Greece vividly to life, while stretching the limits of our beliefs. The author is no longer with us, but is with his beloved saints and for sure smiling broadly to see his evocative storytelling now available worldwide
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EDITORIAL REVIEW
The interwoven stories of many characters takes place in a remote mountain area of Arcadia, Greece, around the village of Kaminari in a period in which an isolated way of life, which has prevailed for centuries, is still intact and pretty much untouched by the modern world. The world the book depicts is a stark and archaic one of blood feuds between families, passionate relationships, and a sense of closeness to the supernatural world, a world where Angels and Demons and natural forces interact with the life of human beings.
- Harris Smart, MA.
Australian writer and TV Producer and former Fellow in Creative Writing at Stanford University. Harris is an award winning short story writer and has written seven books including the novel, Passion Play, and the biography Tom Bass Totem Maker.
