She was ready to follow him into the desert. But how far will she go to save the love of her life?

Jerusalem, first century CE. Tirtsa, daughter of Elazar the High Priest, left her family and the city’s safety to follow the love of her life, Shimon Ben Gamliel, into the Judean Desert. Only sixteen years old, she already knows love has no boundaries.

But after Shimon enters the mystic Essenes sect hiding deep in the desert, the two are torn away from each other. Desperate for the other’s embrace, Shimon and Tirtsa reunite in secret—disobeying the rules of the austere Essenes sect. Being discovered means banishment, but being apart is a fate worse than death. When Shimon disappears one day, Tirtsa assumes the worst. She sets off on a dangerous journey to find him, not knowing what she will find. But she knows one thing for certain—she will not rest until she finds her true love.

Israel, present. Noa, an ambitious archaeology student drawn to her charismatic professor, Dr. Eyal Stein, will do anything to impress him. When she joins him on an excavation in the Judean Desert searching for lost remnants of the elusive Essenes, she stumbles on a remarkable find. But, ever since discovering the pendant in the desert, she begins having strange dreams. Dreams of a girl named Tirtsa.

The more Noa learns about Tirtsa’s history, the more similarities she finds with her own life. Desperate to understand their uncanny connection, Noa must delve deeper to uncover the secrets of Tirtsa, and the fate of the daughter of the desert.

Daughter of the Desert Sect weaves a captivating story of courage, faith, and unconditional love that will immerse readers in the vivid sceneries and complexities of biblical life.