A fictional account of Thomas the Apostle's journey, from India's Malabar Coast to the Silk Road, in the second year after the crucifixion of Jesus of Nazareth. " Villoth's] spirituality and insight into life puts] into words what most of us can only imagine... One of the many paragraphs I highlighted illustrated a description] with few words, but with clarity and insight that is timeless: ... "Winter charged in like so many armies had over the past few hundred years into the valley, with brutal force... The people held on, knowing that at least some of them would survive its passing, as some - call them lucky, call them cursed - always do." -- Robert Sloan.