"In present-day Greece, deep in an ancient forest, lives a family: Irini, a musician, who teaches children to read and play music; her husband, Tasso, who paints pictures of the forest, his greatest muse; and Chara, their young daughter, whose name means joy. On the fateful day that will forever alter the trajectory of their lives, flames chase fleeing birds across the sky. The wildfire that will consume their home, and their lives as they know it,...

"On a remote archeological site in Greece, the mythic home of the first Olympics, four women discover an unusual artifact. It's a piece of history that definitely shouldn't exist. And for the head archeologist in charge, a relic himself, it means something's gone horribly wrong. Elise, Kara, Z, and Patty all find themselves digging here together, but they couldn't be farther apart. Kara's a polished conservator calling off her wedding. Patty and her...

A talented skin diver finds himself enmeshed in political intrigue against his will.

The year is 1908, the place, a small Greek island. For twenty years Basil Pascali has observed the acitivities of his small community and reported them to the authorities in Constantinople. And then a stranger arrives, an Englishman as cunningly enigmatic as Pascali himself. The two become involved in a tangled test of wits, a perilous game of survival in which guile and treachery are the vital weapons.