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THE CYPRIOT'S TREASURE AN EPIC READ WITH A GREAT PAYOFF AT THE END. THE FIRST IN THE PAPAYIANNIS SERIES DEALS WITH THE FULL REALISATION OF SELF UNDERGONE BY THE MAIN PROTAGONIST, ARTIE PAPAYIANNIS, FROM YOUNG MAN, CONFUSED BY CIRCUMSTANCES OUTSIDE HIS CONTROL, TO  ADULT READY FOR EVERY EVENTUALITY. THE IMAGE OF EFTHIMIA, HIS BEACON OF LOVE, NEVER ABSENT FROM HIS THINKING, DRIVES HIM ON FROM ONE CHALLENGE TO THE NEXT TAKING HIM ON A JOURNEY FROM VICTIM TO HERO.

OLYMPIA'S DREAM, THE SECOND IN THE SERIES, IS A MORE LIGHTHEARTED ROMANCE BUT ALSO AT ITS HEART IS THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PERSON, THIS TIME IN THE SHAPE OF A YOUNG GIRL COMING TO TERMS WITH A TRAGIC PAST AND A DESIRE FOR FAME. HER TRANSFORMATION INTO ACTION HERO IS COMPLETE BY THE END OF THE TALE BUT ARRIVES IN A WAY SHE LEAST EXPECTED.

VASILI'S REVENGE THIS NOVEL SHOW'S THE IMPACT OF OLYMPIA'S DISASTROUS LEGACY. THIS. THE THIRD NOVEL IN THE SERIES, IS AGAIN AN EASIER READ THAN THE CYPRIOT'S TREASURE, BUT NO LESS GRIPPING, AND SIGNALS THE ARRIVAL OF A NEW CATALOGUE OF HORRORS TO CHALLENGE THE FAMILY.  THE SAME THEMES APPLY,  AS ARTIE'S ENERGETIC AND AMORAL GRANDSON, YURI PAPAYIANNIS, BATTLES WITH HIS CONSCIENCE AND INATE NATURE TO DISCOVERS THAT BEING YOUNG LIBERAL AND SINGLE IS NOT ALL ITS CRACKED UP TO BE.