Crosspoints

For well over a half century there has been nothing new in literature to rival the sheer aesthetic wonder of Ayn Rand's novel THE FOUNTAINHEAD. Until now. Alexandra York's CROSSPOINTS follows the grand Romantic Realist tradition and expands upon it with a profound work that's sure to delight any reader who can appreciate an intricate and important plot developed through masterful use of language. CROSSPOINTS tells the story of the beautiful young Greek-American marine archaeologist Tara Niforous and the two extraordinary men who love her. The first is her renowned Greek mentor Dimitrios Kokonas. The other is Leon Skillman, a celebrated American sculptor. Although she is attracted to both men in different ways at different times, she ultimately has to chose only one. Within this basic dramatic structure there emerges a novel so rich and dense in both characterization and plotting that its depths are truly astounding. In viewing the love triangle of the main characters we are also presented with searing portraits of everything from contemporary New York's 'post-modern' art world to classical Greek antiquities, from wild scenes of sexual abandon to those of touching family life, from the luxurious dwellings of the super-rich to the plain studios of working artists. This is decidedly a novel of ideas--a novel of conflicting values and philosophies, yet it is also an exciting and entertaining story of larger-than-life characters making crucial real-life choices in exotic settings. For those weary readers who have ceased to enjoy most of what's written today, this novel will be a welcome surprise. Its printed pages come alive with amazing visual imagery and sensuous details that continually advance the story in a fresh voice that's both intellectually and emotionally satisfying. CROSSPOINTS is quite simply the finest work of fiction yet produced in the 21st Century. It's also a promise of things to come--a brilliant first novel in what should become a brilliantly stunning fiction career. --Bill Danks, author of PROMETHEUS REBOUNDS

The person who said this was a harlequin romance novel was an idiot. This is a great book. Do yourself a favor and buy it and read it.

It is rare for me to find a book that I love reading, but I loved reading Crosspoints. Many parts were moving to me. The heroes are noble, like the Greek statues the archeologist heroine searches for on ocean floors. They pursue their happiness with passion, style, and remarkable wisdom about life, love, and art. This book shows what "living large" really is about.Though I would not rank it as high as the novels of Ayn Rand and perhaps a few other classics, I know of no other novel by a living author as deserving as Crosspoints is of five stars.

Here's a novel destined to become a true classic. Incredibly rich and complex in plot with some of the best drawn characters ever seen, it's simultaneously a deeply philosophical novel of ideas and a fast paced, exciting, and sexy love story that can be read over and over again.This book is extremely hard to put down and absolutely impossible to forget. A moving experience in every way.

My favorite art gallery displays only "romantic realism." I call it a place of refuge because I know I will only find beauty there. I can let down my guard -- the guard against ugliness and irrationality that I have to maintain in today's world. That's how I feel about "Crosspoints." You can be sure that although there will be startling plot twists, you need never be on guard. Beauty and rationality and achievement are held up as ideals, and while there are a couple of sordid scenes, they are there only for contrast and realism. This novel approaches Rand's "Fountainhead" in its integration of a gripping plot with an intense philosophical message.