Returning from Rome after securing the release of several priests that had been imprisoned for over a decade, Joseph ben Matthias finds that the events he thought he had left behind will shadow him even in Jerusalem where he now faces his greatest dilemma, of whether or not the will plunge his people into a state of war against the most powerful Empire the world had ever witnessed, and by doing so, would he seal their doom!About the Author: Allen E. Goldenthal grew up in Toronto Canada, later moving to New Zealand but now lives in Taipa Macau, where he works as a Director and Lecturer at the University of Macau. He is the author of five other books in the Kahana Chronicles series. Defiance is his latest tale of how one family has played a major role in creating the history of our world for hundreds of years but has literally done so from the shadows of the history we are taught. Exploring the very unique history of this unusual family is more than a passion for the author, it is a further revelation of his own heritage for he is a descendant of the Kahana.