Ann Chamberlin is the international bestselling author of ten historical novels and a nonfiction history of women in the Middle East. She also writes plays, including Jihad, which was named Best New Off-Off Broadway play of 1996.
Snakesleeper is my original title for what the publisher brought out as Tamar. In this novel, King David's rise to power beckons Tamar's mother to leave her temple, her priestess tradition and her first marriage to join the growing royal harem. Traveling with her, young Tamar gains the ancient gift of hearing the whispers of sacred Serpents, the will of the Goddess. The conflict between her Goddess and David's single God grows into a battle for the holy land, for succession, for souls, for love. For life itself.