![]() ![]() ![]() Raiders invade the caravan, and she loses everything she values most-her father, her freedom, and even the “Angels.”Ĭaught between her oath to her father to return to her tribe and the “proper life for a woman” and tormented by an impossible love, she abandons all she has known in a dangerous quest to seek revenge and find her kidnapped "Angel." With only her beloved dog, Nami, at her side, Adira must use the skills she learned in the caravan to survive the perils of the desert, Sodom, and her own heart.Īngels At The Gate is a story of adventure and the power of love, exploring themes about choice -the importance of asking the right questions and walking the fine edge between duty and personal freedom. Her books include two award-winning historical novels about women mentioned only briefly in the bible (Noahs Wife and Angels at the Gate ) two nonfiction. Secretly raised as a boy in her father’s caravan and schooled in languages and the art of negotiation, Adira rejects the looming changes of womanhood that threaten her nomadic life and independence.īut Adiras world unravels with the arrival of two mysterious strangers-Northmen from an ancient tribe known as the Watchers, men rumored to be holy messengers from El. ![]() Winner, 2016 Silver Ippy Award for Historical FictionĪngles At The Gate is the story of Adira, destined to become Lot’s wife.Ī daughter of Abram's tribe, Adira is an impetuous young girl whose mother died in childbirth. ![]()
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