Tuesday, April 15, 2025

About the Book

Book: The Wanderer’s Legacy (The Wanderer Series Book Three. It can be read as a standalone.)

Author: Natasha Woodcraft

Genre: Biblical Fiction

Release date: April 10, 2025

Adah lives trapped between the life she yearned for and the life she chose. Childless and desperate, she’s failed to produce an heir for her once-devoted husband, Lamech. As his love turns to obsession and control, Adah finds herself drawn to whispered legends of a mysterious Wanderer.

When Lamech takes a second wife, Adah’s world shatters – sending her fleeing to her family home. There, a fragile sense of freedom awakens long-buried hopes. But her body hides a secret that will propel her back into the heart of danger.

As survival becomes a daily challenge, can a legend offer her the salvation she craves? Or does someone else hold the power to help her dwell in safety?

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About the Author

Natasha Woodcraft lives in the UK with her family of boys and menagerie of animals. She holds an honours degree in Theology and believes stories have power to communicate deep truth and transform lives. Her novels explore God’s redemptive purposes for ordinary, messy people living in biblical times.

More from Natasha

I wrote The Wanderer’s Legacy because I believe stories have the power to communicate deep truths and transform lives, and Bible stories are no exception! Lamech, the first man to have two wives, features way back in Genesis 4, after Cain & Abel and before Noah. It’s not even a story, really, it’s a little poem stuck at the end of a chapter. What is it doing there, and what can it teach us about God’s goodness during a really dark time in humanity’s history?

That’s what this novel is about. It was an excuse to engage deeply with that story and the result is full of biblical truth that I hope will draw the reader closer to Jesus, understanding how his redemptive purposes are woven through the fabric of the whole Bible, even obscure little poems that almost feel like a sidenote.

Rather than telling you more, I’m just going to share the opening with you, to give you a taster…

“Adah presses her back to the pillar, squeezing into its evening shadow. Her heavy breathing is almost as loud as the heartbeat pummelling in her head. Surely someone will hear?

Her chance to escape diminishes with every moment of delay. She is a desert jerboa – alert, aware of every sight and smell, yet frozen in place as she awaits her predator’s pounce.

Azurak should be occupied. Her son arranged it when she pleaded with him on hands and knees, eyes streaming in desperation. But Adah is sure she hears him. His rasping breath and distinct blood-soaked-campfire smell linger, fusing her feet to the ground.

Unless it’s someone worse than Azurak. Perhaps her husband will find her.”

MY REVIEW

A story that features the descendants of Adam and Eve intrigued me. Many of us are familiar with Genesis and the Garden of Eden. Now we get to learn more about Adah, Lamech, and Tzillah . I’m not sure if I knew a lot about them so I decided to read the scriptures about them from the Bible first.

Adah finds herself taking care of her mother Ima who is very frail and is slowly slipping away. She longs for the day when she will meet the Wanderer. Her first encounter with her husband was when she entered her home and saw her father speaking to Lamech. He thought she was stunning and admired her greatly. Will this be the man she will find forever happiness with?

Lamech comes from money and is handsome and intelligent. The home he lives in is breathtaking with guards and gates that only a strong person could open. Adah takes in all this as she goes to meet Lamech’s ima. With servants surrounding her at dinner she wonders if the servants ever get to rest. Lamech I think was a bit upset with her concern for servants. Is that a red flag for Adah? Sure seems like both families are in a rush to get them married. Methushael is not a fan of Adah at all. He was rude, and had no desire to welcome her and her abba into his home. The word arrogant comes to mind when thinking about this man.

Ada suffers a tragic loss which angered Lamech. He shows his disdain with emotional abuse and at times crosses the line. He wants a son so bad that he will resort to anything. I felt Adah’s pain as she realizes that the man she married is not what she had hoped for.

I enjoyed the story and felt a connection to the characters. The author does a great job of capturing the story from the Bible where the characters learn to seek God and trust Him with everything.

I received a copy of this book from Celebrate Lit. The review is my own opinion.