How does the author use foreshadowing in the novel, Theo?

Foreshadowing and the creation of a sense of foreboding are two of the texts strongest points. In the case of foreshadowing, there are so many little hints throughout the text preparing the reader for what is to come, that when the action does occur, the reader is aware of what was about to happen the second before it did. The night before Socrates's death, the reader is made aware of the fact that "in the dark, dark circles of the underworld, helmeted faints clambered upward within reach of Theo and Soc Alexandros," and then, just as Socrates is executed, "the votive light extinguished." The descriptions are eerie warnings of the ill fate to come.