Publisher's Synopsis
397BC: in Susa, capital of the Persian empire where the Jews are living in exile, Lilah is destined for a happy life, due to marry Antinoes, a great Persian warrior. But her brother Ezra is opposed to this marriage with a foreigner. If Lilah insists, she will have to renounce Ezra, but she senses that God has chosen him to lead the exiled Jews. Abandoning the promise of a golden future, Lilah urges her brother to leave for Jerusalem, and gives him hope that a return to the Promised Land is possible. But the fanatical Ezra orders the rejection of all foreign wives. Lilah opposes her brother, thereby ensuring the survival of the women and children condemned to leave the city. But her opposition comes at great personal cost
