The daughter of ancient Egypt’s high priest is thrust into an arranged marriage with Joseph—and a pivotal role in biblical history—in this powerful novel from the award-winning author of Potiphar’s Wife. The daughter of ancient Egypt’s high priest is thrust into an arranged marriage with Joseph—and a pivotal role in biblical history—in this powerful novel from the award-winning author of Potiphar’s Wife. After witnessing her mother’s murder, the child Asenath is sequestered in a tower by her overprotective father, the high priest of Egypt’s sun god, Ra.

Groomed as a priestess, she believes she is destined to one day heal the land by marrying an Egyptian Pharoah, who will replace the foreign king now seated on Egypt’s throne. But her plans are thwarted when she's presented as a bride to the newly appointed vizier, a Hebrew named Joseph.