About
Christos Rodoulla Tsiailis was born in Nicosia, Cyprus, in 1974. He has obtained a B.A degree in English Literature and Linguistics and also participated in many writing workshops and writers’ retreats, either for acquiring new writing techniques, or as an organizer. He is also involved in script writing. He has written novels, short stories, collections of poetry and theatrical plays, both in English and Greek, many of which have been uploaded on internet literary websites or published in newspapers and literary magazines. He is the owner of a Tutorial Centre, where he teaches English. Always on the bulk, he is also a devoted Marathon and Triathlon athlete, having completed numerous Marathon and Triathlon races internationally. He currently lives in Nicosia, Cyprus. You may contact him and read some more of his work, both in English and Greek, on his website www.jigsawfiction.com to read about his book ‘Throwing Dice on A Chessboard’ or in his blog www.tsiailisworld.blogspot.com
Description
<p><strong><em>Have you ever awoken from a vivid dream and wondered which side of waking was real?</em></strong></p><p>Burt Higgins' retirement is not going well. His children have grown, and his wife has gone off to earn a late-life degree, leaving him alone in his sprawling suburban home. With too much time on his hands, he broods on the state of the world, obsessively following the worst of cable news and the Internet. Increasingly angry at the state of affairs, he nurtures a fantasy that a dark lord from another realm has foisted these problems on humankind. If only he could transport to that world, he'd confront the demon and use the magic found there to defeat the beast and end despair forever.</p><p>On a particularly bad news day, while housebound in the midst of a snowstorm, he retreats to his study to shut out the world and immerse himself in his books. When, on a whim, he lights a candle purchased in an obscure Prague curiosity shop, a magical guide appears and offers to take him on whatever quest he chooses. When he asks to become a hero in a fantasy realm, he discovers a more complex world than he expected, and battling evil with magic turns out to be far from his greatest challenge.</p><p><strong>EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS</strong> a specualtive fantasy adventure sure not just to entertain you, but to make you consider your life, your dreams, your goals. [DRM-Free]</p><h2><strong>Books by David Litwack:</strong></h2><ul><li><em>Along the Watchtower</em></li><li><em>The Daughter of the Sea and the Sky</em></li><li><em>The Time That's Given</em></li><li><em>The Children of Darkness</em> (The Seekers - Book 1)</li><li><em>The Stuff of Stars</em> (The Seekers - Book 2)</li><li><em>The Light of Reason</em> (The Seekers - Book 3)</li></ul><h2><strong>More Great Fantasy Fiction from Evolved Publishing:</strong></h2><ul><li><em>The Awakening of David Rose</em> (David Rose #1) by Daryl Rothman</li><li><em>Shadow Swarm</em> by D. Robert Pease</li><li><em>Kingdom in Chains</em> by J.W. Zulauf</li><li>The "Grims' Truth" Series by Isu Yin & Fae Yang</li></ul><p> </p>
Story Behind The Book
Some of these stories were given to me by friends, but have all been changed to a degree of being unrecognisable. An author friend of mine indeed lost a flirt within a few hours after rejecting him. That has been her secret until she shared with me... Of what she could not express, I made out a whole story. And as for the last story, I had a fig tree in my back yard, spend most of my adolecence there. Thank God I never found candy stuck up there... imagine if I had?
Reviews
The stories here are crafted, honest, raw in places, and draw the reader into the universe of a fine young Cypriot writer's experience and imagination. (Pr. Spurgeon Thompson)
