Tako neka bude

In the first century, Judea seethes with revolt under Rome's harsh rule: sicarii and zealots stir up the people against the governor, and the loudest rebels end up on crosses, only to be replaced by new ones. Eleazar, a disillusioned former revolutionary, now hunts self-proclaimed messiahs in Rome's pay, together with Andes, a cynical veteran from Dalmatia. On his rounds he meets a slender, fair-haired, blue-eyed man who walks barefoot through the land, heals the sick and preaches a God of pure love, and who becomes the instrument of a "conspiracy of hope", an elite's scheme to build a messianic story. The encounter shakes Eleazar's loyalty. Setting faith aside, the novel looks at power, manipulation and collective illusion, often in brutal physical detail.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

261 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Politics (assigned by AI)

Set in

Israel, 1st century

First published

2025 by Sandorf

ISBN

9789533515809 (original)