Lord of the Dark Lake

By Ron Faust

Book Overview

Alexander Krisos throws a week-long party every summer on his private Greek island. Attendees usually include, European nobility, Texas oilmen, ballerinas and bullfighters, millionaires, gorgeous models, Japanese potentates and artists. People die to be invited to these lavish parties - but no one really expects murder to become part of the festivities. Jay Chandler finds himself caught up in the gathering's sinister events. Fearful that he may be the next victim, Jay must play the part of a modern Theseus as he faces a contemporary minotaur down in the islands vast caverns. From the party's start under the Aegean sky, to the finale in the underworld of dark caves, Krisos' guests are pulled to their destinies by a force as powerful as any invoked by the ancient Greek gods.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 031287510X
• ISBN13: 9780312875107
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Forge Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 0.8" x 6.4"

Customer Reviews

Good Ol' Muscular Prose

This tale benefits greatly from Foust's style; he deftly handles the protagonist's clashes and friendship with a Greek family on the family's own, dangerous turf. The book jacket trumpeted comparisons with Hemingway, and it was right. This book provides a tight, literate summer read

Not a bad read

After reading Uris' "Trinity" and a Roth's "Sabbath's Theatre" I was looking for something entertaining but not heavy or with four pages devoted to the innerpsyche of each character. While the book was sometimes predictable, I enjoyed the redeeming qualities of the lead character Jay contrasted to the Krisos' family members. Indeed, from the pedophile homosexual elderly brothers to the classic bullfighter, each character was a contrast that moved the book through the somewhat tired plot