Protocol XIX
Pontius Pilate, Procurator
Claudia, Pilate’s wife
Caiaphas, High Priest
Herod Antipas, King
Jesus, preacher
Familiar people. Unexpected events.
Protocol XIX
Pontius Pilate, Procurator
Claudia, Pilate’s wife
Caiaphas, High Priest
Herod Antipas, King
Jesus, preacher
Familiar people. Unexpected events.
Protocol XIX
Pontius Pilate, Procurator
Claudia, Pilate’s wife
Caiaphas, High Priest
Herod Antipas, King
Jesus, preacher
Familiar people. Unexpected events.
Synopsis:
Stuck on the edge of the empire in a rebellious province, Gaius Pontius Pilate finds himself under intense pressure on several fronts.
Caiaphas, the High Priest, constantly dumps his problems on him. His latest trick was going around Gaius’s back to Tiberius himself, concerning one of the emperor’s own proclamations.
His city spies, Marcus and Cato, have uncovered an assassination plot against Herod Antipas.
Rebels continue their attack on Roman troops.
On top of these intrigues, his wife Claudia is sinking into deepening insobriety due to her personal struggles.
And now, Caiaphas has presented to him an itinerant preacher, Jesus, for punishment.
Gaius has vowed that he will never get away with this again by invoking a little used, legal protocol. But the execution may be far more dangerous.
Reviews
“…offers readers a version of biblical lore that combines a boldly heretical view…with one that’s far more orthodox…Jesus emerges as grippingly mysterious but also endearingly human—a spiritually gifted man beset by doubt about his greater purpose…an impressive combination of imaginative hypothesis and dramatic artfulness…a work that isn’t a dry scholarly exercise but an engaging novelistic look into unconsidered possibilities.
A captivating blend of historical conjecture and literary contrivance.” – Kirkus Reviews
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