From the author of the acclaimed Godmothers comes a new and startling novel. Beginning in the South Pacific and stretching back to a Mediterranean past, Sandi Hall explores a friendship that could affect the history of the world. When Dory Previn asked Did Jesus have a sister? Sandi Hall discovered that he did.

‘This is a very human novel with intimations of the Feminine Divine peeping through.’ —Coralie Ling

‘Here is a book that stretches the mind and keeps it taut. From the first page, Sandi Hall grabs you by the imagination and never lets you go. It’s a novel that feels like history retold, but retold so authentically that you’d swear it was true... Move over, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John: this is a Gospel for the new millennium.’ —Denis Welch, NZ Listener

‘Magic realism, fantasy, historical faction and a playful cynicism ... a witty and inventive tale that may antagonise the devout, but shouldn’t. Besides, anyone who can successfully make a futuristic New Zealand in the throes of revolution with the grandeur of Alexandria obviously has considerable skills.’ —Murray Waldren, The Weekend Australian

‘An irresistible read...’ —Diana Simmonds, LOTL

Sandi Hall is also the author of The Wings of Hera (Spinsters Ink). She lives in New Zealand.

ISBN 1875559752 Aug/99 fiction religion history 160pp 128x198mm pb Territories:World  All rights: Spinifex Press

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