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Eyes of the Sea is the first book of the Twins of Telluria series by Alberto Guaita Tello
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In the early 1970’s, on the coast of Cameroon, young Fanya and her grandmother, Simone the tribal healer, find a wounded, unconscious being lying on the beach, tangled in a mass of seaweed.
The strange creature is human-like and goes by the name of Sharduk. Together, the two women will try to save Sharduk’s life, healing his wounds and hiding him in the mangrove swamp.
When he awakes, he will tell them the story of the distant world he comes from, Telluria, and how he came to ours through a mysterious portal called a crossing point.
Fanya and the convalescent Sharduk soon fall in love, but due to dangerous circumstances he must leave her, promising to return with a safe means for them to travel together back to his world through the underwater crossing point that had brought him here.
Thus begins an epic story full of adventure, romance, African magic, and science fiction, with surprising twists and turns along the way. It’s a tale that will take us to the new worlds and new mysteries of each of its characters, who find themselves confronting prejudice in their different societies, as well as terrible enemies.
A Word from the Author
I was 12, and yes, for a fleeting moment I looked into the most astounding green eyes I had ever seen. They still come to me in my dreams. Perhaps that’s where this story began, but it grew around bonfires in the African jungle, as I listened for hours to tales of strange happenings and mysterious beings. It’s been growing all these years, and it wanted to be told. I hope you enjoy the story of Fanya, Sharduk, and their green-eyed children, Ciel and Etienne, as much as I have—a story full of love, adventure and African magic.
(Alberto Guaita Tello, November2016)
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