Farewell, O Syria

Historical Fiction

In 635 AD, as Khalid ibn al-Walid’s Saracens besiege Damascus, the ancient city is consumed by internal strife. Alexander’s heroes crumble. He longs to join the Roman army, but that legendary force is soon in retreat, leaving the Syrians to the rule of barbarians.

Allegiances shift. Options recede. Alex and his best friend must reconstruct their loyalties and ambitions as the Caliphate rises from the Arabian sands, threatening the ancient Roman and Persian kingdoms. When his sister is wrenched from her home, Alex will defy his bishop and three armies to find her. But in a world where empires die and prophets lament, will he also dare to defy God?

Farewell, O Syria plunges the reader into the consequences of the Byzantine-Persian wars and the explosive rise of the Saracens. This epic drama unfolds at the hinge point of history—a period largely neglected by the Western canon, yet one whose seismic conflicts still shape the modern world. This is an unflinching story of faith and survival in a time when the world faced the onslaught of a new era.