Reading from Chapter 1 of Eleven Bastions of the Stone Lion
Sarah Fenwick reads from her upcoming book release.
Chapter 1 opens in a school in Nicosia, Cyprus.
In this scene, the protagonist, Alex, gets into serious trouble.
Eleven Bastions of the Stone Lion
The political intrigue of John le Carré’s ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’ meets the magical realism of Isabelle Allende’s ‘The House of the Spirits’.
The story begins in 1955 during the deadly clash between Cypriot freedom fighters and the powerful British Empire.
Alex, an introverted teenage mathematics prodigy from a poor home, is forced to leave Cyprus and fulfil his destiny as a mystical peacemaker.
As Alex reluctantly boards a British warship to Southampton, an Oxford professor on an intelligence mission recruits him to work for national security, throwing him into a lion’s den of colonial intrigue with destiny-altering consequences.
“A story of mysticism and Cyprus’ enigmatic past.” Cyprus Mail
“Masterly magical realism.” Westfalen Blatt
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About Sarah Fenwick
Anglo-Cypriot author Sarah Fenwick was born in Kenya in 1966. She studied Journalism, Media, and Advertising at the University of Wisconsin, and Creative Writing at the University of Hull.
In June, 2023, she released her first fiction novel, The Light Walker.
The upcoming release of Eleven Bastions of the Stone Lion is the new title and Edition 2 of The Light Walker. It combines historical fiction with elements of magical realism.
She is currently working on three new books:
Soul Tracker, the sequel to Eleven Bastions of the Stone Lion (Book 2 in The Light Walker Series);
Roxy, an animal adventure for children,
and Short-Lived, a book of short stories.
Her other artistic passions are jazz music and painting.