Thank you to my family, genetic and adopted, for not assuming me dead in my long periods of silence and giving my stuff away, friends for never pointing out that I’ve been wearing the same thing for days, Julie for playing hooky with me the last thirty years, and Bryan, Wynter, Kayl, Gage, and Kole for sowing love in this heart.
Greatest thanks of all to the God I used to say shows me great things, but these days just mostly freaks me out with stuff I never saw coming. I’ve learned to quit saying “I’m ready,” because I never am.
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The legend of Sheba : rise of a Queen / Tosca Lee.—First Howard Books hardcover edition.
pages cm
1. Sheba, Queen of—Fiction. 2. Bible. Old Testament—History of Biblical events—Fiction. 3. Queens—Sheba (Kingdom)—Fiction. I. Title.
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Praise For the Legend of Sheba
Dedication
Map
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Epilogue
Afterword
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Table of Contents
Cover
Dedication
Map
Prologue
Chapter One
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Eleven
Chapter Twelve
Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty-One
Chapter Twenty-Two
Chapter Twenty-Three
Chapter Twenty-Four
Chapter Twenty-Five
Chapter Twenty-Six
Chapter Twenty-Seven
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Chapter Twenty-Nine
Chapter Thirty
Chapter Thirty-One
Chapter Thirty-Two
Chapter Thirty-Three
Epilogue
Afterword
Author’s Note
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Copyright