I suppose I've mentioned a time or two that I love Biblical fiction and that Carole Towriss is one fantastic writer, but (in my humble opinion) these two facts (okay, opinions of mine) bear repeating. Prize of War is a high-five-star example.
Acsah is a young Jewish woman, daughter of the Biblical commander Caleb, unable to make up her mind as to a husband. She's almost to the age where she might not even be considered marriageable. Caleb, a widower, believes he must take action.
There is a nearby town, Kiriath-Sepher, that is filled with the giant Anakim. They are occupying what should be another in the land of Canaan to be now occupied by the Jews. Caleb decides to offer his daughter as a bride to the captain who can capture the impregnable city.
Most plans offered to him are ridiculously simple and simple-minded. It will take something more than brute force to overwhelm the Anakim. Two men offer plans to him that are reasonable--Enosh, a bear of a man, and Othniel, his daughter's childhood playmate who would give everything he had to win Acsah.
Acsah hates this arrangement, to be made a prize of war--she despises war and warriors. Warriors are never home. They're always off fighting somewhere, and you never know for sure that they will even be coming home at all. She loves her father, who is of course a warrior, but she hated the worry and fear and loneliness when he'd go off to another battle. Therefore--no husband for her! Although, she does sorta like Othni. Enosh just frightens her.
What will happen? Who will win?
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