Martyr! Anton Hur each scarred—physically or emotionally—by the

each scarred—physically or emotionally—by the trauma of conflict

in the dark

where the line between magic

here in words

Martyr! Anton Hur each scarred—physically or emotionally—by theKaveh Akbars Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaningin faith, art, ourselves, othersin which a newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a search that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mothers plane was shot down over the skies