The crossing

On a wintery night, a ship full of immigrants is shipwrecked on an Aegean isle. The few locals do all they can in order for the newcomers to be transferred to the bigger, neighboring island. However, the nasty weather, the bureaucracy and the Authorities’ shortcomings keep stalling the process. As a result, the two groups will be forced to coexist for four whole days. Since the numbers and the palpable difficulties make their own rules, a series of events will eventually put everyone’s resilience to the test. This book is about the inevitable and violent encounter of two different worlds, the need for safety and freedom, but also about the common human fate before the burden of History.