About the Book
Book: The Wanderer’s Legacy (The Wanderer Series Book Three. It can be read as a standalone.)
Author: Natasha Woodcraft
Genre: Biblical Fiction
Release date: April 10, 2025
Adah lives trapped between the life she yearned for and the life she chose. Childless and desperate, she’s failed to produce an heir for her once-devoted husband, Lamech. As his love turns to obsession and control, Adah finds herself drawn to whispered legends of a mysterious Wanderer.
When Lamech takes a second wife, Adah’s world shatters – sending her fleeing to her family home. There, a fragile sense of freedom awakens long-buried hopes. But her body hides a secret that will propel her back into the heart of danger.
As survival becomes a daily challenge, can a legend offer her the salvation she craves? Or does someone else hold the power to help her dwell in safety?
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About the Author
Natasha Woodcraft lives in the UK with her family of boys and menagerie of animals. She holds an honours degree in Theology and believes stories have power to communicate deep truth and transform lives. Her novels explore God’s redemptive purposes for ordinary, messy people living in biblical times.
More from Natasha
I wrote The Wanderer’s Legacy because I believe stories have the power to communicate deep truths and transform lives, and Bible stories are no exception! Lamech, the first man to have two wives, features way back in Genesis 4, after Cain & Abel and before Noah. It’s not even a story, really, it’s a little poem stuck at the end of a chapter. What is it doing there, and what can it teach us about God’s goodness during a really dark time in humanity’s history?
That’s what this novel is about. It was an excuse to engage deeply with that story and the result is full of biblical truth that I hope will draw the reader closer to Jesus, understanding how his redemptive purposes are woven through the fabric of the whole Bible, even obscure little poems that almost feel like a sidenote.
Rather than telling you more, I’m just going to share the opening with you, to give you a taster…
“Adah presses her back to the pillar, squeezing into its evening shadow. Her heavy breathing is almost as loud as the heartbeat pummelling in her head. Surely someone will hear?
Her chance to escape diminishes with every moment of delay. She is a desert jerboa – alert, aware of every sight and smell, yet frozen in place as she awaits her predator’s pounce.
Azurak should be occupied. Her son arranged it when she pleaded with him on hands and knees, eyes streaming in desperation. But Adah is sure she hears him. His rasping breath and distinct blood-soaked-campfire smell linger, fusing her feet to the ground.
Unless it’s someone worse than Azurak. Perhaps her husband will find her.”
Interview with the Author
- How do you select the names of your characters?
My characters are based on stories from the Bible, so many of their names are set, but I change them into the Hebrew forms. Then it kind of works the other way round, because I’ll consider the meanings of the original names, and often plot points or character traits will form around those name meanings. For additional characters, I also consider the name meaning, as well as what the names sound like and whether I have too many names that are similar, which might confuse the reader!
- What was your hardest scene to write?
There’s a scene in this book which is very upsetting, where the main character, Adah, loses a baby. That was really hard to write and left me in tears every time. I had several beta readers look over it to make sure I had communicated the emotion and trauma of it well, without it being too hard to read.
- If you had to do something differently as a child or teenager to become a better writer as an adult, what would you do?
I’d read more! I mean, I read a lot, but I would read MORE! There are so many classic books out there which I haven’t read and don’t have time to read right now. I’d love to go on a long holiday where I can do nothing but read, read, read! That’s the current dream!
- What comes first, the plot or characters?
The plot is vaguely in mind when I write, but the characters drive it forward. I think in dialogue, so while I’m writing the book, conversations will flow in my head and I’ll get them down as quickly as possible. Then the characters will keep talking while I’m doing the dishes or the laundry, or walking the dog, and I’ll have to quickly voice memo the conversations and write it down later! So yeah, those pesky characters really do control the process. Ha ha.
- What do you like to do when you are not writing?
I live in a farmhouse in Lincolnshire, UK. When I’m not typing at the computer, I love being out in nature, sitting under the big cedar tree in the garden, milking our goats, prayer-walking the fields or tending to our vegetables. I try to grow most of the family food. Connecting with nature is my happy place (as well as escaping to ancient worlds in my books!)
Blog Stops
A Modern Day Fairy Tale, April 10 (Author Interview)
Fiction Book Lover, April 11 (Author Interview)
Happily Managing a Household of Boys, April 11
Simple Harvest Reads, April 12 (Author Interview)
Debbie’s Dusty Deliberations, April 13
Artistic Nobody, April 14 (Author Interview)
Texas Book-aholic, April 15
Guild Master, April 16 (Author Interview)
Lots of Helpers, April 16
Locks, Hooks and Books, April 17
Vicky Sluiter, April 18 (Author Interview)
Truth and Grace Homeschool Academy, April 19
For the Love of Literature, April 20 (Author Interview)
Devoted Steps, April 21
Tell Tale Book Reviews, April 22 (Author Interview)
Blossoms and Blessings, April 23 (Author Interview)
Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Natasha is giving away the grand prize of a $20 Amazon gift card and a paperback copy of the book!!
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