Masada: The Last Fortress

In this work of historical fiction, a 17-year-old Jewish medical apprentice helps victims of war while struggling with a forbidden love

In the year 72 C.E., after a four-year war between Rome and Judea, only one fortress remains to be taken: Masada, high above the Dead Sea in what is now Israel. Two years later, the commander of the famous Roman Tenth Legion, Flavius Silva, marches toward Masada to capture or kill the 960 Jewish zealots who hold it.
In this eloquent and powerful novel, we m...