JERUSALEM, AD 27: John is an unassuming sixteen-year-old living quietly with his widowed mother in the heart of the city. Then life for him and all the Jewish community changes for ever: the long-awaited Messiah is proclaimed--and is closer to John than he could ever have dreamed. The young man is caught up in the whirlwind of the next three years as Jesus of Nazareth fulfils his divine destiny. John and his close friend, Jonas of Bethany, witness the Ministry and miracles of Christ, and their lives become more and more entwined with the momentous events around them.

John weaves his moving...