Aphrodite's War Book

Fifteen-year-old Loukis is the last of four boys to be born into a big rural Cypriot family. Desperate to be free of his youngest son status and to get the girl he loves he elopes to join the resistance forces against the British. Joining a cell operating as irritants in the mountains Loukis forges a firm friendship with his fellow schoolboy terrorists. Toulla the lone female comrade in arms shines a candle for Loukis but Loukis' heart is firmly spoken for. Then on a hot lazy day as Toulla runs into their hideout Loukis hears a deafening explosion. It is an atrocity no enemy could ever have committed. Stricken by the appalling tragedy teenage Loukis returns to his village a Man. But he is met with devasting brotherly rivalry and the news that his sweetheart has married someone else. A story of foolish valour and the futility of violence this novel will rip at your heart. In telling the story of Cyprus' war of attrition it shows how no amount of love can ever be enough to stop a nation at war with itself.

It's Cyprus, 1955 - a guerrilla war is raging and four Greek brothers are growing up to the familiar sounds of exploding bombs and sniper fire. Determined to avenge the death of his elder brother and to win the heart of his beloved Praxi, young Louki