Where the Earth Meets the Heavens

<p>Nicholaos was forced to leave his true love and becomes a monk to deal with the pain. He sets up an orphanage in Calabria to protect Greek culture and Christianity from the devastation of the times. In the meantime Helena his one-time fiancée shows up at his relatives’ home creating moral conflicts within both their hearts. Also one of his orphans Alphaeus relentlessly pursues another of his orphans Flavia who is in love with Iohannes. Iohannes comes to the rescue after returning from the war in Sicily.</p><p>Fiore Cianflone’s <em>Where the Earth Meets the Heavens: A Clash of Cultures</em> is an exciting action filled page-turner that unfolds in a small corner of the Byzantine world. Love hate and treachery play out in the war-torn period that marshals in the Crusades marginalizes the Muslims and Byzantines and most of all solidifies the demise of the Basilian monks.</p>