Marios Koutsoukos
Marios Koutsoukos was born in August 1983. He writes both in his native Greek and in English. His first epic fantasy novel was published in 2001 and, since then, he refuses to quit this nonsense and get a real job. He has published across a wide variety of genres, from the purely academic to outright fiction, and also works as an editor, literary translator, screenwriter, and (though he’ll never openly admit it) ghostwriter. He has a Bachelor’s in French Language and Literature, a Masters in Creative Writing, and a PhD in Classics, specializing in the history of ancient religions and philosophy in Late Antiquity.
Livre du Jour
The Apple Earth Theory
In the magical yet disenchanted world of the Twelve Dominions common sense is tongue in cheek and everyone bloody well knows for a fact that the Earth is a flat disc.
Everyone except Narses, that is. This young man with his head in the clouds takes it upon himself to travel around the world and prove his groundbreaking theory that the Earth is in fact spherical as an apple. But first, he has to run away from home and to escape an arranged marriage.
Accompanied by Jacques, his cynical old butler, Narses embarks on the adventure of his life. Relentless reality throws at him everything it’s got, from encounters with amateur bandits and a conniving errant monk, to getting into the deep end of legalised piracy on the high seas.
Worst of all, he has to deal with the belated realisation that the arranged marriage he ran from was to the perfect girl for him. Well, almost perfect. Her very jealous and very well-armed boyfriend is hot on his trail, presumably to have a sharp word or two with him.
It’s rather a lot on his flat plate.
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