Four hundred and fifty-five years before the 1st Crusade

In 635 A.D., while 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 in retreat, sweeping his dreams to/in ruin.

His pious sister Mariam is wrenched from her home, carried over blistering deserts into the horrors of Rome’s rival: the Persian Empire. There, she must seek protection in a harem—or fall prey to any man who finds her.

When Mariam vanishes, Alex will defy his bishop and three armies to find her, traversing ice-covered mountains and raging rivers.

While empires die and prophets lament, the Caliphate rises from the Arabian sands, threatening the ancient Roman and Persian kingdoms. The bitter winds of war cast Alex and Mariam into history's crucible, demanding their loyalties and their very souls. Will they survive the refining fire?

Rooted in meticulous research, Farewell, O Syria plunges the reader into the consequences of the Byzantine-Persian wars and the explosive rise of the Caliphate. 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 unforgettable story of faith and survival in a time when the world faced the onslaught of a new era.