Presents a novel based on the life of the Old Testament character Sarah, the daughter of a powerful lord who employs drastic measures in an attempt to avoid an arranged marriage and whose actions lead her give up her exalted life to join Abram, a member of a nomadic tribe and follower of the one true God.
When Abram requests Sarai's hand in marriage, he promises never to take another wife and in return Sarai promises to give Abram a son, but as the years go by and Sarai's womb remains empty, she becomes desperate to fulfill her end of the bargain.
The first novel in a trilogy on the women of Genesis, focusing on the life of Sarah, a devoted wife, and follower of the God of Abraham, who is chosen to experience a miracle.