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A novel set in 5500 BCE can't possibly relate to today's issues...or can it? Dysfunctional family relationships. Sexual abuse. Kidnapping. Love triangle. Religious freedom. Autism. Cultural Change. National award-winning novel Noah's Wife by T.K. Thorne touches all of these issues with wisdom and humor. Tackling one of the oldest and most famous stories on earth, Thorne's unique twists to the Biblical story - which makes only one mention of Noah's wife - tells the tale from the perspective of a young girl with what is now known as Asperger Syndrome.

As the Romans storm the last stronghold of Dacia, Princess Ademeni awaits her fate. Taken as a slave, she is deposited into General Marcus Cordovis's home as a gift.

Secretly raised as a boy in her father's caravan and schooled in languages and the fine art of negotiation, Adira rejects the looming changes of womanhood that threaten her nomadic life and independence. With the arrival of two mysterious Northmen, rumored to be holy men, Adira's world unravels. She loses everything she values most, including the "Angel" who has awakened her desires.

Of all Amun-Ra's children, it is Sekhmet who is most feared. She is one of his fiercest generals and known for her savagery on and off the battlefield. Yet the warrior who fights the hardest also loves the hardest, and when the end of the war is finally at hand, she is eager to return home to the man she believes is waiting for her. Betrayal strikes when she least expects it, reminding Sekhmet that while she may have her uses to the kingdom of Egypt, there are those who simply take her for granted.