Knossos: A Novel of Ancient Crete
After 272,000 words and two years, Knossos: A Novel of Ancient Crete is published!
Knossos.
Witness the rise and fall of the legendary Labyrinth in these ten stories spanning five millennia.
• Knos, a sea captain of Rhodes, is driven to find a new homeland for his people when the neighboring tribes turn against them. Little does he suspect the consequences of his actions.
• A bolt of lightning kills Pasibe’s young lover. Yet where they take, the gods also give.
• Bull leapers honor the gods during the midsummer rites as the rulers of Knossos vie for position. Bansabira, a bull priest, finds himself caught in the middle of the struggle.
• Daidalos, wronged by the high priestess of Knossos, builds the first Labyrinth after a devastating personal tragedy.
• Aranaru, a priest-architect of Daidalos, is commissioned to rebuild the Labyrinth after a storm of earthquakes. Meanwhile, in the serpent sanctuary, snake priestess Narkitsa tries to conceal a terrible secret.
• Dadarusa, scribe to the Minos, is summoned to attend the dead after a natural disaster of world-changing fury. Will he persevere in his grim duty, or will injury, starvation and the animosity of a fanatic priest be his undoing?
• Mycenaean conqueror Alektryon embarks on a course that threatens to alter the fabric of the Labyrinth and the authority of its priesthood.
• A crazed girl’s passion and her attachment to the mysterious bull-man of the Labyrinth threaten to bring down the edifices of power.
