This is a time of opportunity for a resourceful mercenary, and Barra the Pict, together with her two trusted companions, heads for the deserts of Canaan, where the prince of Jebusai is being held captive. If they can free him and return the prince to his King-Father, they will be richly rewarded. But the great city itself is under siege, and jealous gods have now drawn battle lines. Plunged into a titanic clash of blood and fire, the three fortune-hunting warriors begin a struggle that could lead to an unimaginable fortune...or the unholiest kind of death!