Hadassah and the House of Livia is the direct sequel to Birth of the Savior and the second canonized novel in a planned four-book historical fiction series reimagining the earliest days of Christianity through the lives of the marginalized, the conquered, and the quietly faithful.

Five years after the birth of the Savior, Jeremiah—Jesus’s cousin and the central figure of the series—has been taken by Rome. Stripped of homeland and identity, he is drawn deeper into the machinery of Empire, where power is ritualized, bodies are commodified, and faith must survive without miracles.

As Jeremiah navigates captivity, moral resistance, and survival within the imperial world, he encounters Hadassah, a woman whose story echoes ancient Scripture, and the House of Livia, a place where Roman authority disguises cruelty as order and refinement. Their lives intersect in a world where silence can be deadly—and belief itself becomes an act of rebellion.

Drawing inspiration from both the canonized and Gnostic gospels, this novel weaves biblical tradition with historical imagination. While not a gospel and not historical nonfiction, Hadassah and the House of Livia stands as a canonized continuation of the series—expanding the spiritual and emotional arc begun in Birth of the Savior.

Written with unflinching honesty, this book speaks directly to those who have felt erased by power, tradition, or history. It is especially resonant for queer listeners seeking themselves within the language of faith, and for anyone wrestling with what belief costs when the world is hostile to truth.

This is a story of:

Early Christianity under Roman oppression

Queer identity and spiritual survival

Biblical reinterpretation and sacred storytelling

Faith without safety, hope without certainty

Love, loyalty, and sacrifice in the shadow of Empire

Hadassah and the House of Livia deepens the canon, sharpens the stakes, and prepares the ground for what is still to come.