From the opulent, gilded halls of the Persian Empire comes a thriller of espionage and conspiracy torn from the pages of history. Forget the bedtime story you think you know. This is the untold tale of a deep-cover operation where the fate of a nation rests on the courage of a single, hidden agent: a young woman named Esther.
Plucked from obscurity for her beauty, Jewish orphan Hadassah is reborn as Esther, the perfect, placid queen for the mercurial King Ahasuerus. It's a dangerous lie. Every moment is a performance, every word a calculated risk. Her handler, the shrewd spymaster Mordecai, guides her from the shadows, knowing that in the Susa citadel, information is power and a single misstep means death.Their carefully constructed world shatters when the charismatic and utterly ruthless Haman ascends to power. Driven by an ancient, consuming hatred, Haman masterfully orchestrates a state-sanctioned extermination; a final solution signed and sealed by the king himself. A date is set. The law cannot be repealed.
With the clock ticking down to an empire-wide massacre, Esther is the only asset in a position to intervene. To do so, she must risk everything. She must approach a king who executes those who displease him, unmask a sociopathic killer beloved by the court, and reveal the secret identity that has been her only protection. Can one woman's faith and cunning unravel a conspiracy at the highest level of government before it's too late?