The Story of the Orb
The Story of the Orb

The Story of the Orb

The Story of the Orb is my first novel. A work of impassioned fiction filled with poetry, maybe the first of a peculiar saga with a true Lusitanian touch. An unexpected, thrilling narrative which dives sinuously in fantastic realism, a less-common genre, almost unprecedented in the universe of modern Portuguese authors.


The Story of the Orb | Episode 3 | The Water Garden — ‘Bewildered in spirit’

6 Jul 2020 5 minute read 0 comments M. Jesus Victor

The three men (the old priest was still asleep) arose as a gesture of respect. Aira went to meet them, smiled at Dérop and kissed the face of Diáfana. The latter responded with a delicate caress on the face of Aira and said in a low voice: ‘Vésper is...

The Story of the Orb | Episode 2 | The Water Garden — ‘A stern Father’

1 Jul 2020 5 minute read 0 comments M. Jesus Victor

… Dérop felt her presence and turned around. She perceived that they were already waiting for her at home, he took a step in her direction, she calmed him and said: ‘You had best wait for Diáfana here in the garden.’ She went towards him, kissed him...

The Story of the Orb | Episode 1 | The Water Garden — ‘I name you “soul Vésper”’

23 Jun 2020 6 minute read 3 comments M. Jesus Victor

The people from the little village tugged on the cord which, tied to the central column of the temple, made it yield amidst groaning and wheezing, until the resounding and dusty tumble. The thick wooden girders, supported on the other four corner col...

The Story of the Orb | Synopsis

23 Jun 2020 2 minute read 2 comments M. Jesus Victor

The Story of the Orb narrates matches and mismatches, loves and terrors of singular characters, similar to all of us and yet so different, whether in reality or the most secret of our dreams. An ‘Orb’, a world where infinite unfoldings take place, le...