A Stray Drop of Blood

by Roseanna M. White Book 1 in the A Visibullis Story series.

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After being orphaned and sold into slavery, Abigail enters the household of a Roman military family living in Jerusalem. Her place in the family becomes precarious when the soldier’s son returns from Rome and demands a relationship she cannot freely choose. As unrest gathers around the preaching and trial of Jesus, Abigail’s search for justice brings her into direct contact with the crucifixion and forces her to reconsider guilt, freedom and faith.

Abigail’s status as an enslaved woman shapes every choice because Roman law gives her little power over residence, labour or sexual access. The events surrounding Jesus’s ministry therefore enter a life already defined by coercion. The novel connects religious conversion with a more immediate question of what freedom can mean for someone whose body and future are legally controlled by another household.