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This is a fictionalized account of the life of King David of Israel, told from the point of view of the prophet Nathan.
It was interesting to read, and really seemed to bring the ancient people of the Bible to life, but it was not necessarily a flattering portrait of its subject. The author says it was her intent to neither laud nor denigrate King David, but rather to show him as the great but also flawed human being he really was. In this I think she succeeded, but her treatment of God's role in the man's life (He is shown as capricious, rather bloodthirsty, and possibly negligent of His people) is a bit difficult for believers to read. Still, it is certainly faithful to the Old Testament account of actual events.
I also read by this author: Caleb's Crossing
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