Some discoloration on book jacket Nelson Doubleday, 1980, 400 pages A MAGNIFICENT OLD TESTAMENT legend, rich in passion, adventure and romantic drama, comes vividly to life in this saga. Children of the Lion is the story of the great patriarch Abram (later to be called Abraham), the iron-willed leader who takes his people into the land promised them by God. It is the story of Hagar, the beautiful con-cubine, who bears a son, Ishmael-only to be banished with her child when Abram's jealous wife, Sarah, finally gives birth to a son of her own. It is the story of Sneferu, the mercenary who comes to Abram's people to teach them war but suddenly finds his thoughts turning from war to love and marriage and a family. It is the story of Shepset, the innocent, reed-like slave girl whose life is altered forever by Abram's unscrupulous nephew, Lot. Shepset is rescued from the holocaust at Sodom by Ahuni, chief armorer to Abram's tribe. It is Ahuni who bears the legendary birthmark, the mark of the Children of the Lion, a new dynasty destined for power and glory as the tribes of Israel conquer the promised land of Canaan.