The Holy Woman

After the holy man's benign death and sacred burial, his chosen successor, Anna, is abandoned at the storm-ravaged hermitage as the others, including her husband, are wooed away by the masterful Chen. Loyal Jacob, the holy bodyguard, goes to Austria to raise money to care for Anna and her children and takes the holy man's teaching with him. A Dutchman with his band of thugs pillages what is left in the hermitage, holy man artifacts to sell at auction.Time will tell if Anna is or is not the next holy man and if the Dutchman and Chen between them will wreak further havoc on the hermitage and on Anna.
"Trott is as wily as her sweet-spirited holy man, using her no-pressure storytelling style to lull readers into unexpected moments of wit and illumination." - Publisher's Weekly


Genre: Literary Fiction