It is May 1977, a quiet house in the English Cotswolds. Emily,an emotionally fragile,gentle, nature-loving girl, is approaching her eighteenth birthday. Her father, Martin, has become worried about her since the death of her mother, as she has begun to walk in her sleep and says she sees her mother’s ghost. When Martin gets the chance to join his friend Barnaby on an archaeological dig on Crete, he welcomes Emily’s suggestion that she and her older brother David join him out there. Staying with their father’s Greek friends, Emily and David are introduced to the thoughtful young son of the family, Petros, who is prepared to go along with David’s constant quest for fun and girls but who falls in love with the shy, distant Emily. When the siblings notice a mysterious island in the bay, now deserted and a source of superstitious fear among the local villagers, David is eager to explore it, despite Petros’ warnings, but Emily feels afraid and troubled. Eventually the island draws them in, and soon Manolis, a local fisherman who is obsessed with the island for his own reasons, leads them all into a terrifying adventure. The story winds its way through Cretan labyrinths to a strange and surprising conclusion. 
Suitable for age 16+ Some mild sexual scenes and one violent scene

The Glass Madonna is created by Loretta Proctor, an eGlobal Creative Publishing Signed Author



The Glass Madonna

Neither of them mentioned the early morning incident to David. He'd woken at eight full of energy and plans and was pleased to find them up already. 


'Come on, Petros,' he said after breakfast, 'let's get your dad's boat and go off to the island again. Savvas has gone to Athens for a few days, he'll know nothing about it.'


'I'll have to ask Mother for the keys. She'll want to know what we're up to.'


'Well, tell her we want to go sailing the coast or on a trip to Vai or something.'


'You really want to carry on with this mad adventure?' Petros demanded. The meeting with Areti had made him angry. 'You don't think it might be dangerous?'


'How?' said David scornfully. 'What earthly danger can there be? Apart from the tumbledown houses, of course. So yes, we will take care, great care and not break our necks. You're turning chicken, Petros.'


Chapter 37: Return to the island