Koraki

Nicola Petrakis is a clinical psychologist who has taken indefinite leave to look after his ill parents; his Mother has dementia requiring specialized care and his Father has just passed from lung cancer.When Nicola buries his Father Nectarios after a long battle with cancer he expects peace.But his cousin Petra reveals a shocking secret and he is drawn into seeking her revenge instigating chaos he could never have foreseen.His Mother Lidia held tight by dementias cruel grip and begging to die hallucinates about an old love she says visits her every afternoon while Nicolas true love has vanished from his life.The old mans will reignites family tensions a female stranger visits his Fathers grave and his widower uncle forms an unlikely friendship with a woman that reminds him of his dead wife.Whats real and whats imagined?Who will rise and who will fall?The crows that signalled deaths embrace in his childhood rule Nicolas waking hours and his dreams - their haunting caw predicting an impending doom.A tragic accident. A murder. A reconciliation.And then - against odds - new life.Inspired by a powerful and defining moment in his childhood Koraki is the startling new debut novel of George Ploumidis.