“A superb mirror of a place a time and a group of people who capture our immediate interest and hold it tightly.” —The Philadelphia Inquirer Young Reuven Malter is unsure of himself and his place in life. An unconventional scholar he struggles for recognition from his teachers. With his old friend Danny Saunders—who himself had abandoned the legacy as the chosen heir to his father's rabbinical dynasty for the uncertain life of a healer—Reuvan battles to save a sensitive boy imprisoned by his genius and rage. Painfully triumphantly Reuven's understanding of himself though the boy change as he starts to approach the peace he has long sought…
