Dreamers

by Angela Hunt Book 1 in the Legacies of the Ancient River series.

First published 1996

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Tuya is sold into an elite Egyptian household, first as a child’s companion and later as a servant whose security depends on the wishes of others. In Potiphar’s house she meets Joseph, a Hebrew enslaved by his brothers, and recognises in his dreams and integrity a hope that neither of them can yet possess.

Separation, accusation and imprisonment force their imagined love story to develop alongside Joseph’s biblical rise from prisoner to administrator. The novel uses ancient Egypt to examine how enslaved people preserve identity and faith, while Joseph’s gift for interpreting dreams becomes part of a providential design that does not spare him or Tuya from suffering.