There is a mountain that watches over the plain of Neméa from the north—flat-topped, unmistakable, rising above the valley with the quiet authority of a place that has been looked at for a very long time. I first saw it in April 2019, at the end of forty kilometers on a bicycle, with the Temple […]
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A Tale of Paris & Paris: Echoes of Troy by Edmond Thornfield is an adult historical fantasy set primarily in fifteenth-century Cortona, Italy, a period defined by religious authority, political tension, and unspoken desire. The novel follows the intertwined lives caught between duty and longing, most notably Lorenzo di Ranieri, a Florentine soldier returning to
Edmond Thornfield’s novel, Asterios and the Labyrinth (Mythos of Knossos), is a reimagined, action-packed mythological and historical story, set in ancient Krete (Crete) during the period of the Bronze Age Minoan civilization. When King Minos dies, his son Asterios succeeds him as the ruler of the Kingdom of Labrys. Prince Phaistos of Archanes is commander-in-chief
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(Posted by Literary Titan on January 23, 2026. To read this and other reviews there, click here.) Asterios and the Labyrinth follows a grieving prince of Knossos as he battles political treachery, invading powers, and ancient prophecy, risking his crown and life to fight for the man he loves and the legacy he must protect. What
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THUS BEGINS THIS TALE FROM THE MINOAN BRONZE AGE, an era as dim in record as it is radiant in myth, its soul arisen from the bedrock of ancient Krete, where palatial walls once gleamed with the splendor of Labrys-bearing kings and queens, and where legend has woven the names of Europa, Minos, the enchantress-sisters
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A Tale of Paris and Paris: Echoes of Troy by Edmond Thornfield is set in fifteenth-century Cortona, where Lorenzo di Ranieri returns from Florence to a city under ecclesiastical scrutiny. Quiet warnings reach him that the Inquisition is preparing accusations meant to divide households and strip the town of power. Lorenzo uses his position in
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In the vast pantheon of Greek mythology, sorcery is rarely a solitary gift. It runs in bloodlines, transmitted from divine parent to mortal child like the color of eyes or the timbre of a voice. No mythological family demonstrates this more powerfully than the daughters of Hēlios, the Sun God, and the Oceanid Perseis, for
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A TALE OF PARIS & PARIS: ECHOES OF TROY IS AN ADULT HISTORICAL FANTASY NOVEL THAT DOES NOT MERELY DEPICT THE PAST—it speaks from within it. Set against a backdrop of religious persecution and societal repression, it explores the lives of opposite- and same-gender couples striving to love and survive in a world determined to
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On a clear summer night in the Northern Hemisphere, four constellations rise in sequence from the eastern horizon like old friends arriving at a long-awaited reunion. Gemini the Twins appears first, their bright stars Pollux and Castor burning side by side with the easy companionship of brothers. Cancer the Crab follows, small and subtle, easy
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FEB 2026 Literary Titan Gold Book Award Upon King Minos’s death, Asterios must ascend the throne of the Kingdom of the Labrys or witness Krete fall to rebel lords. With his kin’s sorcery and a dread ally from Tartaros, he leads his warriors in bloody sieges, confronts traitorous nobles, and races to rescue his beloved
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