1810 Crete is going through the darkest period of its history. The Turkish Cretans dominate the island, while the Porte is no longer able to control them. They steal and kill their fellow men, raping at will and imposing their own law. The Christians suffer, while the uprisings follow one another. Only the hope of freedom keeps the people standing. The sixteen-year-old Krystallenia, hunted by the Turkish Cretan Ibrahim Patrikakis whom she refused to marry, secretly leaves her village in an attempt to save herself and her family. Is destiny impossible to escape? 2021 Greek-Belgian Irini, carrying within her the highly esteemed knowledge of Psychogenealogy, comes to Crete to find the cause of a curse that has burdened her family for many generations. However, a wall of silence rises before her. Can the gears of fate be broken? Zoel Loppinot reveals unknown aspects of Crete's history, as recounted to the author by the residents of Maniolopoulos, before the real history of their land fades into the passage of time.