The Sisters of Corinth

by Angela Hunt Book 2 in the The Emissaries series.

First published 2024

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Chief magistrate Narkis Ligus hopes to strengthen his position by marrying his stepdaughter Mariana to the governor’s son. Mariana’s allegiance to Yeshua makes union with a pagan household dangerous, while her stepsister Prima sees the same match as the status and security she believes should belong to her.

Rivalry within the family is intensified by Corinth’s public religion and by a political culture in which marriage is a civic instrument. The novel follows the sisters as private jealousy becomes entangled with accusations against believers, asking whether Christian fidelity can survive coercion without hardening into contempt for the people trapped on the other side of the conflict.