God-Touched — Debbie Mumford

Having been singled out as God-Touched by the Matriarch of her Oasis before her fifth birthday, Sarai is now to be sacrificed to the Gods. But Sarai is not ready to surrender her life at the advanced age of seventeen. Instead, she escapes her keepers and climbs to the top of the cliff that shelters her tribe's oasis. All the while, the Gods whisper promises only she can hear. Are they real? Can they save her? Sarai can only pray that they will find her worthy. A vividly realized fantasy, God-Touched will thrill you to the last word.