The Forbidden Book

By: Sacha Lamb

Narrated by: Sophie Amoss

POSSESSION, Missing Persons, AND A DEEPLY FORBIDDEN BOOK.

On the night before her wedding, seventeen-year-old Sorel leaps from a window and runs away from her life, grabbing men’s clothes and a sharp knife. To keep from being found, she takes on the identity of Isser Jacobs—but it soon becomes clear that the real Isser Jacobs is a lawbreaker, a revolutionary, and powerful people want him dead. Sorel is drawn into the dark underworld of her small city, where smugglers, forgers, and wicked angels fight for control of the Jewish community. In order to make it out, Sorel must discover who Isser Jacobs really is—and who she wants to be.

A pulse pounding mystery, and a riveting story of self-reinvention, Sacha Lamb’s highly anticipated second novel is a soaring exploration of identity, survival, and ultimately, hope.

©2024 Sacha Lamb (P)2024 Recorded Books

The plots are logically crafted with meticulous details to support the story lines despite their complications.

There were a few terms and I felt I needed to know the Jewish culture to understand them. They could have beeb simplified or explained.

Intricate and delightful

I love this book. The primary character took me on a journey back in time and into the place where their soul collides with politics, religion, spirituality and cultural assumptions.

The twists and turns are a wild ride.
I highly recommend this book and author.

The narrator is excellent and a pleasure to listen to as well.