Kairos

A bravura, multi-threaded thriller-historical novel of difficult identity, valour, honour, betrayal and revenge set over forty years in pre-war Lviv, wartime Greece and post-war Bytom, unpredictable as... football, on which the life (or death) of the protagonists depended. The main characters of the book are Walter and Bernard Pyk, two uncle brothers from Upper Silesia. A great story will turn them into a German and a Pole, a great politics will turn them into a communist and a right-winger, and a great love for the beautiful Macedonian woman Elena will eventually make them mortal enemies....

In the third part of his Greek trilogy, Maciej Siembieda once again invites you on a sophisticated, strongly suspenseful (and almost cinematic!) reading journey, in which he masterfully combines real events and the fates of real characters with literary fiction.

‘- Who is Kairos?

- A young man from a very old myth. He is the deity of chance. He passes by you once in your life, and then you can grab him by the sleeve and decide your future fate. Kairos apprehended at that one and only moment will lead you on the path of happiness. But if you miss it, you will bitterly regret it.’