In a dying village on the slopes of Mount Ida, old Philemon keeps bees and remembers a world the modern age has forgotten. When two weary strangers arrive during a violent storm, he and his wife Baucis offer them their last bread and wine. As night deepens, Philemon begins to suspect his guests are not what they seem—ancient beings testing the final embers of human kindness. Blending myth and memory, this luminous novel explores hospitality, mortality, and a love that outlasts even the gods. By morning, Philemon must choose between the safety of the mortal world and a transformation he cannot yet imagine.
