Miriam: Memoirs of a Goddess: Annunciation - Miriam: Memoirs of a Goddess, #1

S. P. Somtow doesn't write like anyone else" - Dean R. KoontzVirgin. Mother. Goddess. Miriam of Nazareth was all three. S. P. Somtow's deconstructive retelling of the life of the most famous woman in history is set in a richly pagan world, where hellenism coexisted with monotheism, where Roman-occupied Judaea was not all sand and zealots but a richly-layered territory of a polyglot, multiethnic world.
It's a world where women still practice their ancient mysteries alongside the rigidly structured society of patriarchs. Perhaps controversial, "Miriam" lay in a drawer for two decades despite its author's success in fields such as science fiction, horror and fantasy. It's now being released one episode at a time."Annunciation" is the first part of an epic novel in serial form.