Shoshana, a recent widow and mother of three young children, is captured by the tyrant king, Nimrod, who imprisons her to be used as the first human sacrifice. A social outcast, Kaleb, brother to Terach-the second most powerful man in Babylonia-and a prisoner is determined to save her. Meanwhile, ten-year old Nebz and his cousin are unwittingly drawn into an uprising against the king. Will they survive? Will Kaleb's plan work; and at what cost? Does God hear their beseeching prayers, or will Shoshana be burned alive...