The story set in the third decade of the twentieth century draws upon an actual murder case reported in the press of the time, supplemented by details gathered from interviews with people who had heard the tale from those who lived through those years.
As for the story unfolding during and after the
Turkish invasion of 1974, the novel relies on testimonies collected through interviews with soldiers, prisoners of war, and other former inhabitants of the village Neta in Karpasia.
The characters, the course of events, and the plot are fictional.
