num_pages: 326
description: Akliah is a daughter of Adam and Eve who has grown up at the foot of the pristine holy mountain where the Garden of Eden lies. She and Adam's other children know well the story of their parents fall from innocence and their banishment from Eden. And they know the prophecy that Cain their privileged brother will soon crush the head of the ancient serpent who tempted their parents there. Fiercely in love with Cain Akliah is determined to become his wife. But her schemes are shattered when Cain kills his brother Abel and abducts Akliah to a barren land east of Eden. In Nod she grieves her mistakes while Cain spirals into ever-deepening tiers of delusion through his bondage to a beautiful fallen angel. When she finally meets a man who offers a chance for genuine love and redemption Akliah is torn between an honest confession of her past and her longing to be admired. Against the backdrop of life in a city dedicated to dark powers Akliah must finally make the life-threatening choice to regain her integrity or perish trying.
language: English
title: Gold in Havilah: A Novel of Cain's Wife
publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform