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(More customer reviews)In A Shepherd's Rod, Ammena, the daughter of Nido, Pharaoh's chief sorcerer, was a powerful character. Her irresistible beauty drew the unwanted attentions of Pharaoh and every other man who cast his eyes upon her, but what impressed me the most about her was that she was not fixed on this part of herself. Though others were obsessed by her physically perfect form and face, she had more important things on her mind. She wanted to escape the life she was leading and rescue her brothers from their forced apprenticehip under their father's dark direction. Although her father's expectations for Ammena's life only included marrying well and having children, Ammena demonstrated her independent spirit from the beginning. She hated the dark magic that her father practiced and did not hesitate to tell him so, but she supported her brothers because their mother had abandoned the life she could not stand with their father and her brothers needed her love.
In addition to speaking out against the dark practices she loathed, Ammena pursued her interest in healing, in horses, and in slinging under the tutelage of Inarus, her mentor, and Daniel, Inarus's Hebrew slave. These interests made her different from the other women in pharaoh's court and from the women who were Hebrew slaves. When pharaoh condemned Ammena's father and brothers for failing to put Moses in his place after he asked for the release of the Hebrew slaves and used their failure as an excuse to sentence her to slavery in the Hebrew camp for scorning his advances, she continued to break the stereotypical mold for the women of her day by fighting back. She did this by attempting to rescue her family from pharaoh's grasp, by using her skills to survive the challenges she faced after she left Egypt, and by battling as a slinger whose experiences in war convince her that her destiny is to serve the Hebrew God.
Like all of us, Ammena is a unique individual, with a unique plan, but it took a long process of unexpected events and deep suffering for her to discover what the outcome of that plan would be. Eventually she emerges as a heroine of fire and faith unlike any other, but exactly like the person she was always meant to be. The stereotype breaking process through which she did it is a thrill ride that can inspire every one of us who wants to discover his or her true destiny. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. If you want to see an example of someone who lost everything but found her true identity by doing it, open this book, get on this roller coaster, and ride this adventure to the finish.
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