Adara has always longed be able to read and write, or travel the country like men, but these are all things well-brought-up girls of her time are not supposed to do. One day she woken by trumpets, sneaking out of her village walls she investigates and discovers a battle commencing between the Israelites and Arameans. What Adara doesn’t realise is that this will be the last day of her freedom for a very long time.

Adara gets sold into slavery, and is bought to be a servant to General Namaan and his family. Here Adara begins a extraordinary journey of self-discovery, healing, and redemption —in the end, she is faced with the hardest decision of her life.