The Centurion: A Tale of the Crucifixion

In the days of the Roman Empire, Animus’s family was not landowners, but part of the land with the forests and fields. Animus has never been away from home. But when the land can no longer support his family, he travels to Tarsus to join Pompey’s navy and fights in the war against Cilician pirates threatening grain shipments and other goods destined for Rome.

After Animus sets into motion events that ultimately transform him into a landowner and lift his family from poverty, his son, Cyrus,...