The Sikarikin

By Harry Steven Lazerus

It is 66 CE. Jerusalem seethes under Roman occupation. The bloody fratricide and subsequent war against the occupier are seen through the eyes of four people: Judah, the revolutionary, who believes that only a dedicated vanguard, using violence, can prod his people to revolt; Rabbi Aaron, leader of the Peace Party, who sees war as leading to destruction; Reuven, Rabbi Aaron’s son, who defies his father and joins Judah and the revolutionaries; and Drusilla, the Roman commander’s personal servant, with whom Reuven falls madly in love.