title: Wrestling with God: Three Mystical Dramas
author: Egon Lass
description: Egon H.E. Lass was born in the province of Angeln, Germany in 1938 and immigrated to the United States when he was thirteen years old. In later life he received his MA from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and spent close to thirty years in Israel as an archaeologist. Next to numerous scientific articles, he has published works of poetry and prose in various literary journals, including The American Scholar, Epicenter, Passage, Omphalos, and The Kansas Magazine. He is the author of The Seasons of Tulul, an account of life among the Bedouin of the Judean Desert.
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  Soul Stealer
  
  Rogue Angel Book 12
  
  Soul Stealer
  
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  “So, what is this Khosadam thing anyway?” Annja asked.
  
  “She’s a Siberian goddess,” Bob replied.
  
  “As in a deity?” Annja shook her head. “You realize how ludicrous that sounds.
  They actually think there’s a goddess stalking them?”
  
  “That would be my impression, yes.”
  
  “What—did she get bored with heaven or Olympus or wherever she was hanging
  out?”
  
  “She was kicked out of heaven, actually,” Bob said. “By her husband, of all
  people.”
  
  Annja grinned. “One step forward for women’s rights.”
  
  “Don’t misunderstand it. Ec banished her for being unfaithful. She liked to
  cavort with the lesser deities and sometimes even mortals. She has another
  name as well,” Bob said, leading them into the nearby café.
  
  A wall of heat slammed into Annja as she walked through the door. She could
  smell burned coffee and some other scents she didn’t recognize. Despite her
  unease with the entire situation, h