Books like Sarah by Marek Halter
The narrative follows Sarah, a daughter of a powerful lord in the Sumerian city of Ur, as she rejects an arranged marriage and flees to the marshes where she encounters Abram of a nomadic tribe. After a brief union and a return to her father's home, she takes a potion that renders her barren, preventing further marriage. Years later, Abram's people return to Ur, and Sarah has risen to become the high priestess of the goddess Ishtar. Haunted by their shared past, she relinquishes her exalted status to join Abram's tribe, following the voice of a single, invisible God. The story spans from the ziggurat of Ishtar and the valleys of Canaan to the Pharaoh’s bedchamber, illustrating beauty, intrigue, and divine intervention in an ancient world.
First publish date: 2002
Genre: Historical Fiction/Ancient Historical Fiction
Authors: Marek Halter
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