The story of Easter: Return to old Jerusalem to witness Jesus' triumphant entrance into the city and his eventual capture by Pontius Pilot's Roman soldiers -- The story of the Nativity: Relive the miraculous events surrounding the very first Christmas as Mary receives a heavenly visitor and learns that she has been chosen to be the mother of Jesus -- The story of Moses: Experience a time in ancient Egypt when baby Moses is plucked from the reeds of...

With soaring vision and profound intelligence, Robert Stone has written a harrowing, breathtaking novel about our desperate search, at any price, for the consolation of redemption-and about the people who are all too willing to provide it. A violent confrontation in the Gaza Strip, a mind-altering pilgrimage, a race through riot-filled Jerusalem streets, a cat-and-mouse game in an underground maze, a desperate attempt to prevent a bomb from detonating...