{"product_id":"ashes-of-crete","title":"Ashes of Crete","description":"\u003cp\u003eISBN (Softcover): 9783910347779\u003cbr\u003eISBN (EPUB): 9783910347786\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eShort description\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe great Minoan island \u003cstrong\u003eCrete \u003c\/strong\u003eis waning. Famine spreads, the gods fall silent, and from the north the Achaeans advance, hungry for power across the sea. In Phaistos, \u003cstrong\u003eIde, daughter of the archon\u003c\/strong\u003e, is promised to Agathon, prince of Pylos – a political marriage meant to save her people through alliance rather than war. Yet her heart belongs to Geros, captain of the Phaistian fleet. As Ide sails toward Pylos, doubt grows. The Achaeans speak of peace, but their gifts carry the shadow of conquest. Can Agathon be trusted – or is he the key to Crete’s downfall?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs dark omens gather and the old gods fall silent, Ide is forced to choose between love and responsibility. To save her people, she may have to betray everything she believes in. Her decision will determine the \u003cstrong\u003efate of Phaistos\u003c\/strong\u003e – and whether anything of her world can be saved at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWritten by Leipzig-based author Heike Wolff, this novel brings the lost world of Minoan Crete vividly to life, blending meticulous research with a powerful human story of love, loyalty, and loss.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eTags:\u003c\/em\u003e historical novel, historical fiction, Bronze Age novel, Bronze Age Crete, ancient Crete, Crete Greece, ancient Greece fiction, Minoan civilization, fall of the Minoan civilization, Minoan culture, palace of Phaistos, Phaistos novel, Phaistos reading, Minoan archaeology, Aegean civilizations, Mycenaean era, Achaean Greeks, ancient Mediterranean, antiquity fiction, ancient history novel, love and power in antiquity, political intrigue ancient world, Crete travel reading, Mediterranean historical fiction, women in ancient history, myth and history Crete\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/9336\/8293\/files\/Heike_65_-Kopie_240x240.jpg?v=1666275523\" alt=\"History novel Crete\" style=\"margin-bottom: 16px; margin-left: 10px; float: right;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eLeipzig-based author \u003cstrong\u003eHeike Wolff\u003c\/strong\u003e writes at the intersection of past and present. While her novels transport readers to distant worlds and past eras, her shorter texts address topics of the immediate present. She has been active on Leipzig reading stages since the 1990s and has curated the Offene Lesebühne in Delitzsch since 2017. Regular trips to Greece have shaped her enduring \u003cstrong\u003efascination with Crete\u003c\/strong\u003e and Minoan culture, which comes alive in this novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003eRelated links\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/en\/blogs\/akres-literature-blog\/why-heike-wolff-writes-about-crete\" title=\"heike wolff\"\u003eBlog article about the book\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/e-books\" title=\"ashes of crete EPUB\"\u003eE-book Information\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003ca title=\"Autorin Heike Wolff\" href=\"\/en\/collections\/heike-wolff\"\u003eAuthor's website\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"notranslate\" style=\"all: initial;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Heike Wolff","offers":[{"title":"Printed book (softcover)","offer_id":52854504915283,"sku":"BL25056","price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"eBook (EPUB)","offer_id":52854504948051,"sku":"BL25055","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/9336\/8293\/files\/umschlag_ashes_MARKETING_KLEIN.jpg?v=1769084943","url":"https:\/\/www.akres-publishing.com\/en\/products\/ashes-of-crete-english","provider":"AKRES Publishing","version":"1.0","type":"link"}