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Now that he is sure of his identity, Yeshu must find out how to go about fulfilling his role as Mashiach. With the support of Miri and Shel, he retreats into the wilderness to find inspiration. Others forces have become aware of his claim and seek to guide his path to the outcome they foresee for the Mashiach.

In the early days of the Roman Empire, the noble Etruscan civilization in Italy is waning, Vesi, a young Etruscan noblewoman, is violated by a renegade supernatural being. Outcast then from Etruria, Vesi bears Horatrim, a child who carries inexplicable knowledge and grows to manhood in only six years. But a savage Roman attack leaves Vesi unresponsive and Horatrim homeless and vulnerable, and he travels to Rome where his talents confound powerful businessman Propertius, who arranges to adopt Horatrim as a son, changing his name to Horatius.

Seeing signs that he might be the long-awaited Mashiach, Yeshu and his wife Miri travels to Jordan to find out if his mother's prophecy about him might be true. Getting cold feet at the last moment, however, he camps out in the desert just short of the river. There are signs enough in his life, but massive reasons for doubt as well. While he ponders his future, highwaymen pursue him in the night. From the other side of the river, friends go out in search of him. Who will reach the camp first? If he is spared, what will he decide?