About the Book
Book: The Wanderer’s Legacy (The Wanderer Series Book Three. It can be read as a standalone.)
Author: Natasha Woodcraft
Genre: Biblical Fiction
Release date: April 10, 2025
Adah lives trapped between the life she yearned for and the life she chose. Childless and desperate, she’s failed to produce an heir for her once-devoted husband, Lamech. As his love turns to obsession and control, Adah finds herself drawn to whispered legends of a mysterious Wanderer.
When Lamech takes a second wife, Adah’s world shatters – sending her fleeing to her family home. There, a fragile sense of freedom awakens long-buried hopes. But her body hides a secret that will propel her back into the heart of danger.
As survival becomes a daily challenge, can a legend offer her the salvation she craves? Or does someone else hold the power to help her dwell in safety?
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About the Author
Natasha Woodcraft lives in the UK with her family of boys and menagerie of animals. She holds an honours degree in Theology and believes stories have power to communicate deep truth and transform lives. Her novels explore God’s redemptive purposes for ordinary, messy people living in biblical times.
More from Natasha
I wrote The Wanderer’s Legacy because I believe stories have the power to communicate deep truths and transform lives, and Bible stories are no exception! Lamech, the first man to have two wives, features way back in Genesis 4, after Cain & Abel and before Noah. It’s not even a story, really, it’s a little poem stuck at the end of a chapter. What is it doing there, and what can it teach us about God’s goodness during a really dark time in humanity’s history?
That’s what this novel is about. It was an excuse to engage deeply with that story and the result is full of biblical truth that I hope will draw the reader closer to Jesus, understanding how his redemptive purposes are woven through the fabric of the whole Bible, even obscure little poems that almost feel like a sidenote.
Rather than telling you more, I’m just going to share the opening with you, to give you a taster…
“Adah presses her back to the pillar, squeezing into its evening shadow. Her heavy breathing is almost as loud as the heartbeat pummelling in her head. Surely someone will hear?
Her chance to escape diminishes with every moment of delay. She is a desert jerboa – alert, aware of every sight and smell, yet frozen in place as she awaits her predator’s pounce.
Azurak should be occupied. Her son arranged it when she pleaded with him on hands and knees, eyes streaming in desperation. But Adah is sure she hears him. His rasping breath and distinct blood-soaked-campfire smell linger, fusing her feet to the ground.
Unless it’s someone worse than Azurak. Perhaps her husband will find her.”
Author Interview
Can you tell us a little bit about what readers can expect from your books?
My books are set in Biblical times, exploring the stories of lesser-known or obscure Bible characters. They often deal with tough things, considering God’s redemptive purposes for messy people, just like me.
What is the greatest advice you have ever been given about writing?
To let it rest. After writing a first draft as quickly as I can, I let it rest a while before revising with fresh eyes. Then I go through several drafts, getting feedback from trusted critics each time to improve it. This means the book takes longer to come out, but it gives space for Holy Spirit to speak and forces me to trust in God’s timing.
What book made you fall in love with reading?
The Lord of the Rings! Escaping to a whole new world with history, traditions, songs and characters that you felt were real. I expected hobbits to crawl out from tiny houses and even started to learn elvish!
Can you share 5 random facts about this book?
It’s the story of Adah, the first woman to have experienced polygamy!
It considers what it might have been like for those living just a few hundred years after Adam & Eve, the level of their knowledge and faith, and the spread of patriarchy. It’s a precursor to the societal downward-spiral that resulted in the flood. So, not exactly light reading.
Adah’s husband was called Lamech. His dad is called Methushael, but he’s not the same Lamech who is Noah’s dad, whose father is called Methuselah (and was the oldest person to live). The names can get super confusing!
Lamech married two wives - Adah and Zillah. They are named in the Bible, as is his daughter, Naamah. It’s pretty unusual for the women to be named, which made me ask - Why?
This is a long story, split into 3 parts with 82 chapters. So if you love epics and family sagas, you’ll probably enjoy this!
What was the inspiration behind it?
The Bible story in Genesis 4. I’ve written 3 books based on Genesis 4 and this is the third, but it’s a standalone story, so you don’t have to have read the others. I really wanted to explore how one man could get to the point of openly admitting to murder. Lamech is a descendant of Cain, the first murderer, but where Cain hid his crime, Lamech admitted it. Why?
Can you share something interesting or surprising you learned while researching for the book?
Lamech’s children are called Jubal, Jabal and Tubal-Cain. All three names refer to bodies of water, like a stream, a brook, a rivulet. I make it into a family joke in the book!
What was the most challenging part of bringing this book to life?
The book deals with some pretty heavy stuff, due to the nature of the story. It was a challenge to present this in a way which is realistic but also wholesome and helpful. People can be pretty nasty, and Lamech is an example of a super-nasty human. But the Bible tells us about these people for a reason, and sadly, what Adah experiences is what so many women experience in this life. I believe we need to engage honestly with that and ask for God’s help.
What was the most rewarding?
Getting to the end of the first draft (because it was super-long and took ages!) and then going back over it and thinking, “yeah, I really like this book!” We authors don't always like our books by the end (ha ha) but this is one I enjoy every time I read it.
What do you hope readers will take away from the book?
The book contains a message of hope, based on Psalm 4:8, “In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, Lord, make me dwell in safety.” I hope that my readers, whatever they are going through or have been through, will find the safety in the Lord that Adah finds.
Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions. Before you go, where can readers keep up with what’s next?
If readers would like to sample my writing, they can sign up my newsletter here https://natashawoodcraft.com/subscribe
They’ll get a free novelette for signing up, and I send monthly emails with doses of encouragement and writing news.
The Wanderer’s Legacy is out now (brand new this month) and available worldwide.
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Giveaway
To celebrate her tour, Natasha is giving away the grand prize of a $20 Amazon gift card and a paperback copy of the book!!
Be sure to comment on the blog stops for extra entries into the giveaway! Click the link below to enter.
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