One woman, five husbands and a weary rabbi at the well who knows everything she ever did.<br/><br/>The day after they bury her husband Leah Marcellus loses her baby. A widow and childless, what man will want her now?<br/><br/>Her father arranges a second marriage - a profitable business arrangement - sealed on Mount Gerizim, the holy mountain where every true follower of Yahweh worships. But Leah's heart belongs to another. Her passion only brings trouble - jealousy, murder and lies.<br/><br/>Leah's skill at the loom and the secrets of dye - the woad, the murex and madder - brings her renown among the Roman women of wealth.<br/>Yet death and betrayal soon steal her security. Leah is determined to protect her family ... at any cost.<br/><br/>From the olive groves of Samaria to the bloodied sand of a Roman stadium to the exquisite silks brought from the East, The Silk Merchant of Sychar weaves colour into the biblical account of the woman at the well.