The Olive and the Empire

By Samuel DenHartog

Jerusalem stands on the edge of ruin. Roman legions close in, unrelenting and vast, as the city crumbles beneath siege and civil unrest. Amid the chaos, a young man from Galilee named Eleazar rises, not as a symbol, but as a force, driven by duty, sharpened by loss, and bound to the fate of his people. Trained in strategy and survival, tested by betrayal and battle, he becomes an unwavering defender of what little still stands. In a war where brother turns on brother and faith becomes both weapon and burden, he fights not for glory but for the soul of a nation.

As zealots, rebels, and rulers clash over the meaning of salvation, Eleazar moves between mountain strongholds and the burning streets of Jerusalem, guided not by prophecy but by hard-won conviction and the quiet promise he made to Mary, the woman he loves. Her faith in him becomes his anchor as the sacred is profaned, as factions devour each other from within, and as the city turns into a battleground of desperate prayers and brutal ambition. In a world where loyalties splinter and every decision demands more than the one before, the memory of her voice and the strength of her hope become the one thing that holds him to himself.

This is not a story of conquest. It is a story of endurance, of what remains when banners fall, when the sacred burns, and when no victory is left. In the shadow of empire and prophecy, one man's resolve threads through the unraveling of a world. And even if the chronicles turn the page, the land he bled for does not forget.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F89D6RYT
• ISBN13: 9798283395937
• Release Date: May 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"