By Nikos Kazantzakis is a novel on the heroic or epic scale about the rebellion of the Greek christians against the turks on the island of crete, where kazantzakis was from. The story follows the exploits of a Greek: cap...By Nikos Kazantzakis is a novel on the heroic or epic scale about the rebellion of the Greek christians against the turks on the island of crete, where kazantzakis was from. The story follows the exploits of a Greek: captain Michalis and his blood brother, nurey bey, a turk, through war, love, friendship, hatred and a backdrop of the island of crete with all its beauty, drama, joy and sadness.