A thoughtful review, written by prolific author Marta Moran Bishop, for my historical fiction book (with a modern twist) The Edge of Revolt:
Reviewed in the United States on March 3, 2025
Ms. Polansky’s novel The Edge of Revolt, volume III of the David Chronicles, had me on the edge of my seat. It was riveting, as I followed an aging David through the rape of his beloved daughter by his son. Every emotion known to man, was included in this novel, and I sensed them all. Though a biblical tale told in modern language, it was as if I was walking in David’s mind, with all the hurt, grief, love, and lust that he felt, as he wallowed in not only his own emotions, and regrets, but those of those around him.
In The Edge of Revolt, we experience life as it probably was during the reign of King David and his many wives and children, his love and lust of Bathsheba. It is a work of art, using a fine pen to ferret out the passions of the characters, the grief David feels as one after another his sons betray him and each other. Will David lose his thrown in this revolt or will he keep it? This reader couldn’t put it down, it was that spellbinding. I also loved the fact that Poznansky took a story from ages past, and brought it to life using more modern language so that we could become immersed in the tale.
In The Edge of Revolt, we experience life as it probably was during the reign of King David and his many wives and children, his love and lust of Bathsheba. It is a work of art, using a fine pen to ferret out the passions of the characters, the grief David feels as one after another his sons betray him and each other. Will David lose his thrown in this revolt or will he keep it? This reader couldn’t put it down, it was that spellbinding. I also loved the fact that Poznansky took a story from ages past, and brought it to life using more modern language so that we could become immersed in the tale.
