The book needed polishing and editing which took another three years, during which Daniel became a self-taught expert in writing and in the use of the English language. In the fifth century men expected women to follow their lead and serve. Some, unusual women, found that they could lead as they served. Men used women as a commodity for bargains of money or politics. Some, unusual women, found that they, too, could profit.
Patience is a very unusual fifth century woman.
Patience is a very God-loving person who tries to follow the way of God, but traps block the way, and she springs more than a few. She tells of her moral and spiritual dilemmas on her troubled way. These complications lead Patience into situations of great sorrows, bloody violence and erotic adventures. The great sorrows tear at her soul. Hers is a path of cruel heartbreaks.