The Queen's Handmaid (The Incense Road)

An orphan since birth, Lydia lives in the palace at the demand of Cleopatra and her royal child, the son of Julius Caesar.

But Lydia’s beauty is becoming a liability to the aging queen, and the visiting Herod’s undisguised interest in Lydia only makes matters worse.

When Lydia’s mentor is murdered, the handmaid inherits a daunting task. An ancient set of sealed scrolls, the secret writings of the prophet Daniel, must be returned to Jerusalem–before those who killed her mentor destroy the scrolls as well.

Lydia joins Herod the Great’s retinue and soon becomes absorbed in the machinations of his Jerusalem palace.

But dark forces, older than Jerusalem itself, are at work.

And Lydia has no idea of the true nature of her destiny.

OTHER BOOKS BY TRACY HIGLEY:
THE TIME TRAVEL JOURNALS OF SAHARA ALDRIDGE
A Time to Seek (Book One)
A Time to Weep (Book Two)
A Time to Love (Book Three)

THE SEVEN WONDERS NOVELS:
Isle of Shadows
Pyramid of Secrets
Guardian of the Flame
Garden of Madness
So Shines the Night

THE BOOKS OF BABYLON:
Chasing Babylon
Fallen from Babel (coming soon)

THE COMING OF THE KING SAGA:
The Queen's Handmaid (prequel)
The Incense Road Trilogy (Star of Wonder, Star of Night, Royal Beauty)

THE LOST CITIES NOVELS:
Pompeii: City on Fire
Petra: City in Stone