In AD 132, a charismatic, Jewish leader named Simon bar Kokhba brought the Roman legions in Iudæa to their knees. The Emperor Hadrian called forth his finest generals to battle the rebels who threatened to erupt all the eastern provinces in revolt.



This is the story of Marcus Fidelis Coranus, a cavalry officer, who escorts the governor of Britannia to Iudæa to put down the rebellion. He becomes witness to this monumental clash of cultures and is propelled on an odyssey that tests not only his physical limits but also his ideals.



Rome is merciless in the suppression of this last great Jewish revolt in the ancient world, and Coran must weigh his ideals against the reality of war while fighting through his own self-doubt and guilt.



It is a timeless story about how cataclysmic events can either make us lose sight of our humanity or lead us to it.