We Three Thieves
We Three Thieves is a dark morality tale which re-envisions the coming of the Magi from the Gospel of Matthew--as these particular "wise men" come with plans to kidnap the Christ-child to further their own unique ambitions rather than simply adore him. The novel is written in first person as one of the Magi's confessions, and seeks to merge historical facts with lyrical imagery from the Bible and other sacred texts from the Middle East, demonstrating how Christianity evolved not only out of Judaism and Greek philosophical discourse, but also out of ancient Persian (Iranian) and Babylonian (Iraqi) apocalyptic religions. Kaosha belongs to the hereditary caste of astrologer-priests in Persia, a young man loyal to his religion but plagued with existential dread ever since his father's death. When an ominous conjunction of Jupiter and Venus ignites the sky, his former teacher Vasna interprets this heavenly union as signifying the birth of the Zoroastrian Saoshyant, or World Savior, and assembles a caravan to search for the child in Yisrael and bring it back to Persia. The third figure to join the caravan is Bardiya, a worldly priest who uses his connections among the nobility to secure a place on the expedition. But the quest is a dangerous one, and encountering trial after trial--from the deadly perils of the Syrian Desert to the conspiracies at Herod's court--the three Magi will ultimately have to come to terms with the biggest threat of all: themselves. For each will interpret the godling's birth in separate ways, as well as seek their own vision of this epoch-shattering event no matter the cost.
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