The Flight of the Sorceress

“Read Barry Willdorf’s new novel from a purely historical perspective. Or read it as an allegory of our own twisted times. Or just read it for the fun of it. A big bold imaginative work of fiction, with spectacular women characters and dramatic settings, Flight of the Sorceress soars magically. The past comes to life, and ancient struggles take on new meanings in a powerful story that transcends time and place and achieves universality.”    Jonah Raskin, author of Natives, Newcomers, Exiles, Fugitives.

The Roman Empire is crumbling. The Catholic Church moves to fill the power vacuum. Soon, books are being burned. Pagans are persecuted. Pogroms begin against Jews. Women are restricted from traditional occupations. The Dark Ages loom. But two women resist. Glenys, a Celtic herbalist/healer, is branded a sorceress. Hypatia, teacher, philosopher, mathematician and the last librarian of the great library at Alexandria is condemned as an idolater. Yet they fight on. Their struggle culminates in the cataclysmic events of Lenten week in 415 A.D.

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FLIGHT OF THE SORCERESS is now available as an E book from Wild Child Publishing. The Flight of the Sorceress is the culmination of eight years research, writing and editing. An accurate portrayal of the Roman Empire in the Fifth Century A.D. it features appearances by several notables of that period including Hypatia of Alexandria, Pelagius the heretic, Pope Innocent, Saint Augustine and the Roman Prefect, Orestes. Wild Child Publishing is a high-quality publisher recommended by Predators and Editors. Further information about this unique historical novel, set in the fifth century A.D., can be found at my website: Click here  and at the publisher’s website, Click here.  Read an excerpt: Click here