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Two women with very different lives are joined together at a party for an ailing poet, and together they realize that even though their lives are different, they are tied together by a common bond.

Four women, Yael--whose father, an expert assassin, has never forgiven her for her mother's death during childbirth--Revka--a local baker's wife who witnessed the murder or her daughter by Roman soldiers--Aziza--a warrior's daughter who was raised like a son--and Shirah--a woman born with uncanny insight and knowledge of ancient magic--are drawn to Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert where, in 70 CE, nine hundred Jews withheld for months against armies of Romans.

Contains a complete plot summary and analysis of Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God", as well as discussion of the characters, themes, and includes study questions.