A devoted young acolyte is forced to confront a devastating truth about her uncle when she discovers he is the terrorist known as “Everyman,” the very one responsible for making her an orphan of war ten years earlier.

As if that revelation weren’t enough, Yarden must also stand before the Shekinite High Council and defend the man she believes is the prophesied Eternal and not this “Everyman” wanted throughout the world for his criminal actions.

Haunted by the trauma she has never fully escaped, Yarden struggles to reconcile what she has been taught with what she now sees with her own eyes. But when she finally comes face to face with the Eternal, everything changes. Peace, she realizes, will not be found within the safety of temple walls.

It will only be found by following him.

But leaving behind her cloistered existence means more than leaving the comfort of her friends and way of life. It means risking it all. Because if her uncle discovers that she exposed him, the cost of her courage may be far greater than she ever imagined.