Jerusalem and the Sinai Desert, 1st century AD.

In the turbulent aftermath of Jesus' crucifixion, officials of the Roman Empire learn about a pilgrim who carries the incendiary letter of a fanatical worshiper to insurgents in Corinth. Its content can destroy the Roman structure. The Romans hire a former legionnaire, the solitary warrior Telamon from Arcadia, to apprehend the pilgrim before he delivers the letter. Telamon follows a dark personal code, where there is no room for noble purposes and ideals. He will capture, therefore, the bearer of the letter. And then something will happen that neither he nor the empire could have predicted...

Stephen Pressfield signs the gripping story of a reluctant hero in a Roman Empire tested in the early years of a new religion that will change the world.