Name: Island of Ghosts and Dreams with Christopher Cosmos
Start: 2026-03-03T18:30:00-05:00
Location: Schuler Books (West Bloomfield)

Island of Ghosts and Dreams with Christopher Cosmos

Join us in West Bloomfield for a release day celebration of Christopher Cosmos’ newest book, Island of Ghosts and Dreams! This book is perfect for historical fiction lovers or anyone interested in stories set in Greece.
Christopher will be in conversation with local bookstagrammer Alexander Davidson (@mrd_reads)
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About the Book:
A woman from a small Greek village finds herself swept up in the long and storied history of her island—and its far-reaching impact—in this unforgettable story of love, passion, and resistance.
Chania, Crete; 1941.
When mainland Greece falls to the Germans after incredible and heroic resistance, the Greek government flees south to Crete: an ancient island of Gods and Kings, and Myths and Minotaurs.
Maria is a villager whose husband has been away fighting with the Greek army, and after she finds a British soldier that washes up on a secluded beach near her home, and helps nurse him back to health, the Germans then turn south and invade Crete, too.
Occupation, tragedy, and betrayal follow. The lives of Maria and her family change in an instant and she finds herself in a role she never thought she'd have to play—and one that generations of Cretans have had to assume before her.
Steeped in history and filled with unforgettable characters, Island of Ghosts and Dreams is a profoundly moving and decades-spanning tale of passion, honor, family, the great and enduring sacrifices all generations must make for freedom, and our sacred and immortal obligation to follow the strength and power of our heart, no matter where it might lead us.
About the Author:
Christopher Cosmos is a bestselling author and Black List-screenwriter from the Midwest who attended the University of Michigan as the recipient of a Chick Evans Scholarship. He is the author of Once We Were Here, Young Conquerors, and The Rise, and splits his time between Michigan and Greece. For more about him and his work, please follow along on Instagram @christophercosmos.