He’s mocked for his name and nerdy interests at Chapel Hill High School in Portland, Oregon, and doesn’t speak enough Farsi to communicate with his Iranian relatives either. Iranian on his mother’s side and white American on his father’s side, Darius never quite fits in. When Darius’ grandfather becomes terminally ill, Darius, along with his parents and younger sister, travels to Iran for the first time in his life. Alive and colorful biblical fare in the well modulated manner of Elizabeth Speare.ĭarius Kellner suffers from depression, bullying by high school jocks, and a father who seems to always be disappointed in him. Intentionally Jesus remains a shadowy figure, for it is his effect on Daniel that is essential to the boy's development. The author succeeds admirably in re-entering the era and filling it with entirely human characters.
Leah's impending death is Daniel's redemption for he allows the young Roman soldier with whom Leah has fallen deeply in love, to enter his lodgings, and with it a measure of Jesus' teachings to enter his soul. How puzzled he is when the great prophet preaches love as the best antidote to the bronze bow of Rome, and how miraculous when he finds his own heart thawing in a crisis. As Rosh's methods become more cruel, he is renounced by the brave mountain band and Daniel appeals to Jesus to fill the now empty leadership role. Though his friend Joel refuses to participate in violence, Daniel's hatred is steeled by the constant reminder of his parents' crucifixion and the deadening effect it had on his younger sister Leah who sits in silence day after day. Sent to Copernaum to dispatch information, Daniel by chance observes the healing power of Jesus and is profoundly fascinated. Daniel of Galilee joins the powerful Rosh in the mountains and participates in the underground vowed to bend the bronze bow of Rome.
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