For years, the drama of Esther intrigued and distracted me so much that I never moved beyond its shock value. Emotions roll and crest in her story like a storm-tossed ocean. The wild tidal waves of fear, anger, jealousy, and greed, crash against the rock-solid sureness of God’s plan for Esther. In masterful storytelling technique, God portrays the age-old human struggle for control and power. Easily identifying with Esther’s fear, I watched as she edged along the tightrope between life and death.