Ian Hanks Aegean Tales -

Ian awakens with his heart pounding. He knows the islands are littered with ruins, many of them submerged after the ancient earthquake that reshaped the archipelago. He decides to go to the coast at first light.

To read the is to fall in love with the sea. It is to understand that myths are not relics of the past—they are happening right now, in a small port in Crete, during a thunderstorm, where a young sailor just saw something shimmer beneath the waves. ian hanks aegean tales