Description: Ancient Minoan families flee devastation and conquest of Crete, and migrate via Cyprus to multicultural Palestine, among wild but advanced Sea Peoples. To keep new homes, these Philistines must keep order on Egypt-Babylon roads of trade. How do they meet the "separatist" Israelites of that land? Will Pharaoh return to devastate them all?
Brief description: Jack Dempsey (b. 1955) grew up north of Boston, Massachusetts USA. He began writing freelance in New York City, and then many stays in Greece led to Ariadne's Brother: A Novel on the Fall of Bronze Age Crete (Athens: Kalendis 1996). Earning his Ph.D. in Native and Early American Studies at Brown University, Jack wrote, edited and produced four books and two films in those fields, including New English Canaan by Thomas Morton of Merrymount; Mystic Fiasco: How the Indians Won The Pequot War, and Nani: A Native New England Story. As a professor for 22 years he also focused on college students' public speaking. With appearances from National Public Radio to Crete-TV, he publishes short works at his blog jackdempseywriter.wordpress.com. Working on People of the Sea through the 1990s, Jack created the collaborative multimedia website Ancientlights.org, and revealed ancient Western astronomy with Calendar House: Clues to Minoan Time from Knossos Labyrinth. Residing in Crete since 2015 with Angela his wife, he has published a short biography of the late feminist historian and poet Barbara Mor, and his 2016 book based on public forums is The Knossos Calendar: Minoan Cycles of the Sun, the Moon, the Soul & Political Power (Iraklion: Mystis Editions, also in Greek).
Review Quotes: "People of the Sea is an ancient epic and an astounding recovery of our real, wise and most successful Western ancestors. It shows the goodness and values that were lost as the conquerors wrote their versions of history---a history we should all know, as these relevant new stories can take us once again where humanity yearns to go." Karen Tate, Voices of the Sacred Feminine, Blog Talk Radio