784 ab urbe condita-31 AD. Jerusalem sits uneasily in a Roman Empire
that has seen an industrial revolution and now has cable news and fl ying
machines - and rites and morals that are strange and repellent to the
native people of Judaea.
A charismatic young leader is arrested after a riot in the Temple. He seems
to be a man of peace, but among his followers are Zealots and dagger-men
sworn to drive the Romans from the Holy Land.
As the city sinks into violence, the stage is set for a legal case that will
shape millennia - the trial of Yeshua Ben Yusuf. Intricately imagined and
ferociously executed, Kingdom of the Wicked is a stunning alternative
history and a story for our time.
