What transforms a man from a hater to a healer, from a battle-hardened soldier to a life-saving doctor, in Rome's first-century empire? This is the journey for Centurion Lucius Maximus, which begins as aboy when his father coerces him into the army, a path his mother interrupts with a secret vow. Thatintervention intensifies after Lucius receives a posting to the frontier of Palestine, where he encountersa strange teacher and healer, one Jeshua ben...