A gulf war veteran, Toby Riordan, has been given a magical ring that brings him immortality, and allows him to travel through time. When he grows weary of the burden of immortality, he decides it is time to pass the gift on.



Returning to his own time and place, he knows who the gift must pass to. He sets out to find a named John, who will be dead in a few hours if Toby cannot convince him to follow him out into the dessert to hear his story.



John follows, but is soon fearful of his host as it becomes apparent he has become the proverbial captive audience.



Toby's task is to tell the story of his journey through time, to convince John that he truly is the one to whom the gift should go - while preventing John from fleeing.



Through clues given throughout, we learn John's real identity and the special connection he has with Toby.

The way the story moved easily between the 'present' (Toby and John sitting around their campfire while Toby tells the story), and Toby's story of his journeys with Yeshua Ben David, and an escaped Celtic slave named Gwydion.

There are some heart wrenching scenes of death.

Yell at John, "Don't do it!" I also, wanted to find out more about what happened after the story ended.

Has a gift of irony that took me by surprise. She paints vivid pictures with minimal strokes, yet always rich in detail. She has a knack for scene setting that makes it easy for the reader to 'see' the story.

It is a brand new perspective on the life of Yeshua Ben David (a.k.a Jesus of Nazareth) that is fresh and inventive.

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