In the historical-fiction and adventure novel by Eduard Sedakov, Moses is not yet a prophet, not a teacher, but the leader of a small nomadic tribe of the Hittites, whose thirst for revenge leads to Egypt. Accustomed to relying in everything on his strength as a warrior, the strength of a man, in Egypt he encounters another force unknown to him - the power of centuries of experience accumulated by the sedentary people of Egypt, formalized in the form of knowledge and manifested in foresight, on the basis of which the entire life of the ancients is built. country.

The author does not fully follow the main historical source - the Old Testament, but rather considers possible options for the path along which the Hittite leader became a prophet and teacher of the young nomadic people.