“The Merchant from Sepharad” by James Hutson-Wiley
“The Merchant from Sepharad” is the third book in James Hutson-Wiley’s “Sugar Merchant” series. Joshua ben Elazar is a young man determined to prove to his father that he can both forge his own path and be successful as a merchant and make him proud. Achieving his goals, however, will not be easy. Joshua, as a Jew, faces religious persecution and discrimination from both Christians and Muslims. Subject to extraneous taxes, restrictions on where he can stay in a city, and targeted by those wishing to make examples of the “infidels,” Joshua’s journey is a constant myriad of curveballs that not only threaten to derail his future, but at worst, his very survival. … More “The Merchant from Sepharad” by James Hutson-Wiley