The book is based on the famous biblical story about King David.

The young shepherd boy David kills a monster named Goliath, who has been keeping the people of the king of the Israelites, Saul, in fear for many years. It would be a long time before he ascended the throne, united the lands of Israel, conquered Jerusalem and declared it the capital of his state. But, having become king, David will commit an unkind act: he will send one of his soldiers, the husband of the woman he loved named Bathsheba, to certain death. Will the Jewish people forgive the king? Or will Bathsheba’s curse haunt him to his death?..