A.K. Mountrakis
Author
Greetings!
I’m A.K. Mountrakis and I write mysterious thrillers set in exotic locations, including Greece where I was born and which never ceases to inspire me.
I grew up surrounded by eccentric characters (my very large and exuberant family) and immersed in stories of everyday heroism and folklore. I’m also a peripatetic dreamer who refuses to believe in commonly accepted reality.
As a writer of speculative fiction, fantasy, and magical realism, I’m obsessed with the mysterious, the magical, the mythical. I explore stories about strong women, legends re-imagined, and of enchantment that’s always shimmering on the edges of perception.
When I’m not peering behind the veil of myth and madness (or what some call writing), I’m hoarding books, hiking, spoiling my senior pups, and making epic messes with art supplies.
I'm currently working on my first full-length novel, The Many Voices of the Wind.
A reclusive linguist who may be a mad prophet–or just plain mad, a mystical Cretan town not found on any map, stories that may be more truth than legend, a mysterious death, and the quest to save the soul of a community… Nothing is as it seems, and that in which you refuse to believe can kill you.
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