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Sarah: A Novel (Book One of the Canaan Trilogy) by Halter, Marek is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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"The story of Sarah - and of history itself - begins in the cradle of civilization: the Sumerian city-state of Ur, a land of desert heat, towering gardens, and immense wealth. The daughter of a powerful lord, Sarah is raised in great luxury, but balks at the arranged marriage her father has planned for her. The groom is handsome and a nobleman, but on their wedding day, Sarah panics and impulsively flees to the vast, empty marshes outside the city walls. There she meets a young man, Abram, a member of a nomadic tribe of outsiders. Drawn to this exotic stranger, Sarah spends the night with him, but reluctantly returns to her father's house. But on her return, still desperate to avoid another wedding, she drinks a poisonous potion that will make her barren and thus unfit for marriage." "Many years later, Abram's people return to Ur, and he discovers that the lost, rebellious girl from the marsh has been transformed into the most splendid and revered woman in Sumeria - the high priestess of the goddess Ishtar. But the memory of their night together has always haunted Sarah, and she gives up her exalted life to join Abram's tribe and follow the one true God, an invisible deity who spea

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Halter, Marek
Publisher
Crown Publishers; Crown
Published
2004
Language
EN
ISBN
9781400052783
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Literary Fiction, Romance, Fiction
Rating
3.73 / 5 (87 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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