I, Destiny

“This is the story of a choice. Destiny gave me just two cards, and I will play them blindfolded…Destiny will wait and see, giving me the illusion of a path that I can choose, or will act and show me the one it has determined already...’’ The play goes on stage. The success is overwhelming, but it also marks the end of the relationship between the passionate Alex and the enigmatic Lisa.
In love and desperately in need of a job, Alex has a life-changing encounter with an old man who lives like a tramp along the South Bank of the Thames. Blinded by the light of a shining world, Lisa turns into an unscrupulous woman, living her life to excess and relying on her breathtaking beauty to fulfill her ambitions.
Time goes by, relentlessly, playing with the emotions of Alex and the expectations of Lisa, until undeniable truths, hidden in an old and crumpled book lying on a stall of a little bookshop market, will dramatically affect their life paths.

Alessandro Abate devotes his free time to his passion in writing and photography. His first novel BLUE was published in Italy in 1999, and his website www.streetglimpses.com displays some of his photos taken during his travels. Alessandro holds a Global Executive MBA at the Columbia Business School and London Business School and dreams of writing his third novel on a beautiful island somewhere in the Caribbean. Part of the proceeds of the sale of I, Destiny will be used for charity donations. You can email Alessandro at aaliterary@yahoo.com