Marble

Out on the edge of the Roman Empire, Maryam dreams of the world beyond her village, her solitude occasionally broken by a mysterious figure named Gabriel. But when Maryam's father dies and leaves behind debts that his only child must pay in servitude, she is thrust into the heart of the treacherous royal court of King Herod the Great. Before long, a brutal act of jealousy and betrayal then leaves Maryam alone in a country simmering with unrest.

When she sets out to salvage her future, she is...