Clarion of Midnight: Megali Idea (Paperback)

~ (Author) "The chaos hovering over this nation could easily be overlooked here, Mark observed, intrigued by the business-as-usual atmosphere as he strode from the direction of..." (more)
Key Phrases: lie murmured, lie whispered, New York, Reza Shakir, Anika Alkibiades (more...)

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From The Lands of the Morning (series), reverberates ...

The Clarion of Midnight - Megali Idea

The long-awaited sequel to the award-winning novel, The Horseman by Kristina O'Donnelly

Fast paced, Exciting, Beguiling, Controversial, an international thriller with a tender love story in its core, unraveling in locales which continue to create headlines. The events span exotic Turkey and Israel, and the timing is the eve of a Military coup in Turkey.

Anika Alkibiades is the most powerful, brilliant and ruthless woman straddling Europe and Asia. Hers is the Megali Idea of taking over the Government of Turkey, remold it in the glorious spirit of Byzantium, and then reappropriate Byzantium's former territories. Her dark beauty is timeless, exotic, and beguiling, men who are the movers and shakers of the land, are mere dominoes in her hand, and she is close to realizing her golden dream. She is like Catherine the Great of Russia who wanted to conquer Istanbul and replace the crescent atop the Hagia Sophia with a cross. But like all great women, Anika has one weakness: her undying passion for Shaheen, the Turk who had been her first lover....

About the Author

Clarion of Midnight is Kristina O'Donnelly's fifth published novel. Her works have been published in the USA as well as Canada, the U.K., New Zealand, Spain and Turkey. Her sixth novel, Poseidon Enchantment, will be published in 2005.

Product Details

• Paperback: 346 pages
• Publisher: Rose International Publishing House (September 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1930574061
• ISBN-13: 978-1930574069
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,032,654 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Read, June 6, 2006

By	R. Thompson "pipi" (MI USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

A thriller and romance all in one.
Kristina O'Donnelly gives you it all.
You will love it.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I'm pretty enthralled, May 29, 2006

By	M. Sarafin - See all my reviews

I found Clarion of Midnight: Megali Idea to be very power-packed. It offered a dab of everything, from romance to action to history. O'Donnelly is a very talented writer.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exotic, unusual, and rip-roaring adventure, November 6, 2004

By	Irish Bard "John" (US and UK) - See all my reviews

I am a Kristina O'Donnelly fan; have read all her other novels. Clarion of Midnight - Megali Idea is the second novel in ber series, Lands of the Morning. For whatever reason, The Horseman, which is the lead novel, and The Scorpion Child, which is the third, were published long before this one. In other words I ended up reading The Scorpion Child two years before I got a chance to read Clarion/Megali Idea. However the good news is that CLARION OF MIDNIGHT - MEGALI IDEA does have its own story line spinning around 3 new characters, Anika, Leyla, and Mark, that makes this novel enjoyable all on its own.
Also, there is another difference. Both The Horseman and The Scorpion Child contain undertows of mysticism, and reincarnation, ESP, etc. CLARION/MEGALI IDEA is a thriller, earthy and gritty. Turkish politics and their relevance to the United States' interest in that region or the world, are delved into in a no-holds barred manner, and the conflicted, controversial romance between Leyla, the young, beautiful Turkish girl with an American mother, and Mark, the American Jew, is both tender and believable. In fact, I find that Kristina O'Donnelly writes very well and honestly, about the psyche of a man in love and in lust. Or better said, that a man can lust after one woman while still thoroughly in love with another. Mark loves Leyla, fully and sincerely, but has to continuously battle the sexual spell cast upon him by Anika. Wow, what an enchantress is that Anika! Yes her ambitions and brilliance reminds you of Catherine the Great of Russia, and so will her libido.

There is more I'd like to write about this novel but have to return another time. Meanwhile, enjoy arm-chair travel into exotic lands, at its best.