Loukas & Lydia And The Shadow Of Thera - Hardcover

by A. F. Helios (Author)

They escaped the past once. This time, history is about to erupt.

When the mysterious Disk carries twins Loukas and Lydia to Bronze Age Thera, they arrive in the final days before one of history's most devastating volcanic eruptions-and are promptly rescued by Nisi, a stubborn fourteen-year-old sailor who has little patience for two strange children with an impossible story.

The twins know the island is doomed. But knowing the future and convincing people to abandon their homes are very different things.

As earthquakes crack walls, springs fail, animals panic, and fear spreads across Thera, every warning has a cost. Farmers have fields to protect. Sailors have boats and families. Priestesses read the signs through faith and tradition. Loukas studies the ground, searching for evidence that will make people listen, while Lydia begins to understand that facts alone may not be enough.

Then the twins discover something buried beneath Thera that should not exist at all-something that forces them to question what they thought they understood about the Disk, the past, and the forces that brought them there.

With the eruption closing in, Loukas and Lydia must place their trust in Nisi and the people of her world. Because when the mountain finally breaks, saving an island is impossible.

Saving the people they have come to love may not be.

Loukas & Lydia and the Shadow of Thera is the second book in The Disk Chronicles, a middle-grade historical adventure series blending archaeology, science, mystery, and time travel. It follows the award-winning Loukas & Lydia and the Secret of the Disk, winner of the 2025 Eyelands International Awards Grand Prize.