Author Description

The Source is at once a novel and an historical chronicle. Its heroes are Canaanites, Crusaders, Roman emperors, Arabs and today's Israelis. Through the paes embracing all the dramatic episodes from the annals of Israel, thunder the stories of tribal warfare, revolutions, persecution, crusades, murder, rape and fire worship. And into his vast canvas, James A. Michener weaves a constant thread, the story of man's spiritual pilgrimage amidst oppression and suffering.