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

Martin, Emily and David boarded the plane that was to take them home to England. They had said their goodbyes to everyone with promises of a return visit sometime. Yet the Kelsos all felt that they might never return to a place where so much tragedy had occurred. At least, not for a very long time. Martin had left Barnaby to negotiate with the Greek Government about sending a team into the caves on Chrysonissos. He wanted nothing to do with it. The mere thought of the danger Emily had been in still made him break out in a cold sweat. 


Emily was still in a state of shock over the terrible death of Manolis. Now that everything was over, she seemed unable to stop trembling and weeping. She hardly spoke at first when they had taken her back to the villa at Heraklion for a while. Debra had been marvellous with her. She had simply taken the young girl in her arms and silently expressed her sympathy and understanding and Emily had sobbed on her shoulder for a long time.


Chapter 53: Going home to England