When God Was Stolen — Cary Osborne

For all of her life in the village of Sharvik, Magan has never believed in the gods. When the golden idol of Iah is stolen by a mercenary army, she joins another warrior in tracking down the marauders and retrieving the idol. Finding Iah may be possible. Getting him back to his people is another thing entirely. Complicating matters, she and her companion begin to have strong feelings for one another. Will they find the god, but lose everything. Set in ancient Mesopotamia, when magic and individual powers are real, When God Was Stolen, is the story of Magan and Dzorin, lovers and warriors, whose task is to find the idol upon whose favor the villagers depend. Without him, the people cannot survive.