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Alan Haldane returns to Crete, where he spent World War II. He meets an old resistance comrade, Babis Spiridakis, and a beautiful woman, Annika. Babis reveals a secret from the past. Alan decides to stay on indefinitely.

Haldane meets William Hebden. Hebden is also reliving the past, but while Haldane hides his light under a bushel, Hebden tells his story to anyone who'll listen. An action he may have cause to regret.

Katerina Matakis marshals the forces against an unsuspecting Haldane. A man's past can be used to destroy him. But when the stakes are this high, other lives may then be in jeopardy.

An entire village unites against a stranger and an ugly vendetta alienates Annika from Haldane. As events take their course, Haldane learns just how strong are the ties with the past.

Haldane accepts an unusual challenge and wins an unusual friend. Meanwhile, it is Easter in Elounda. Annika does not know and Haldane dare not reveal that her dead sister is an obstacle to their happiness. When disaster strikes Haldane is surprised by the reaction of the local population.

"We can never shake ourselves free of what once was", says the Major, "for the past stands with us like our shadow." Alan Haldane encounters a "Lotus Eater". What is it that drives a man like Duncan Neve?

The vendetta continues against Alan Haldane and he learns that someone wishes him dead. Is it he who must pay the ferryman? He may yet have cause to wish it were.

"In a lifetime, in every act, among the seeds we sow is the seed of tragedy. And tragedy is a plant which can take many years to grow and even longer to blossom and bear its bitter fruit." Katerina Matakis discovers the capriciousness of the Fates as old gods exact their vengeance. With his new life in ruins, Haldane can see no alternative but to fight his vendetta to its conclusion.