At the
start of the story, Daniel is young, immature, and full of rage. He's profoundly dissatisfied
with life under the Roman occupation and wants nothing more than to join with the zealots in
driving the oppressors from Israel once and for all. To that end, he dedicates himself to
pursuing a life of violence, as this is the only way he sees of achieving this goal.
But over the course of the book, Daniel experiences profound change. He comes to see
that the life he's chosen isn't the right one. As well as being dangerous, it simply leads to an
ever greater spiral of violence and bloodshed, with no end in sight. Gradually, Daniel turns his
back on the life of the zealot and takes his first faltering steps on the...
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