Author: Eliam Kraiem
Narrator: Sarah-Jane Drummey
Unabridged: 12 hr 18 min
Format: Digital Audiobook
Publisher: Findaway Voices
Published: 10/06/2023
Genre: Fiction - Literary
The American Sahara
Fifteen-year-old Emer Ahern is standing a foot away from her father when he is struck dead by Zeus’s lightning. Xylon, a hitherto unknown God stands in the bolt’s way and absorbs Zues’s fire on her behalf. Her life is spared, but befores she is returned to her family’s farm in Oklahoma, Xylon whispers stories into her ear. Xylon has a plan to at last be worshiped by men, the fulfillment of which will rest heavily on Emers memory of those stories.
A Pale Blue Reminder
When Xylon arrives in the shtetl of Bedzin, he wears the guise of an old wandering Hasid. He sits on the pile of rocks the children play on during the short hours between being let out of yeshiva and sitting for dinner. It is only eight-year-old Ezra Mintz who’s brave enough to sit down next to the traveler. Over the next three afternoons, Ezra sits and listens to the story of a god who lives in eternal exile. When Xylon is done with the telling, he offers the child a bargain…
Temple of Sand
Joe Levy, has found himself a place within the tight-knit gay community of West Hollywood, however he has struggled to gain ground as an actor, that is until he auditions for the lead role of Xylon in the remake of the Ezra Mintz classic, Glass Temple.
Eliam Kraiem comes to novels by way of playwriting. His most visible play Sixteen Wounded was seen on Broadway starring two-time Tony winner Judd Hirsch, and directed by Tony winner Garry Hynes. There have been sellout productions in Germany, Italy and Austria and most recently at the New National Theater of Japan. He produced Sarah-Jane Drummey's short Roisin Dubh as well as her award winning film 134.
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