It is the twilight of the Bronze Age ...the Sea People with their iron weapons threaten the tribes of Israel. Fearful that their God will not protect them, the Israelites demand a king. The choice falls on Saul: young, bold, beautiful, with a burning desire for greatness and a deep hunger to know Adonai, the God of his people. But the enemy presses closer, the people cry out, and Saul is afraid. Eliphaz Rabshakeh, Saul's slave and companion since boyhood, tells this moving story of a man torn apart by warring ambitions and the battle for his soul. 'J Francis Hudson writes powerful historical novels based around the Old Testament'. The Independent