Charon

By Ian MacMillan

Charon is a thriller set in occupied Crete during WWII. It tells the story of heroism ‘against all the odds’ through the eyes of a young Greek boy who adopts the pseudonym Charon – the Greek mythological ferryman of the dead. Charon single-handedly, wages his own war of resistance against the German Nazi forces who have brutally occupied his island and turned it into an Axis fortress between Europe and North Africa.The opening tells of his assassination of the enemy’s commander. It then takes us back to the air-borne invasion of Crete in May 1941, the first and only large scale invasion of enemy held territory in history. Charon, a 17-year-old boy is mourning the loss of both his parents and only brother in Greece when the Nazis attacked. One morning he rushes outside at the sound of bombs and gunfire to see a sky black with falling paratroopers and gliders. When the Nazis then execute his grandfather leading to the death of his grandmother, his last surviving relative, Charon swears his campaign of vengeance which causes increasing terror to the occupying forces.The book is designed to appeal to any thriller lover or reader of war history.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Melrose Books
• Release date: May 13, 2016
• ISBN: 9781911280187

Ian MacMillan

Ian MacMillan lives with his wife Jean by an attractive sea loch in the North West Highlands of Scotland. Ian has written a book about the resistance to the German invasion of Crete in World War 2. He has also written short stories and poems for many years often inspired by the beauty of Wester Ross. The inspiration for this book is told in the dedication. Since then Ian has researched the fascinating history of the Jacobites and visited most of the battlefields and locations mentioned in The Blind Fiddler.