The third book of the adventures of Sostratos and Menedemos. The fearless Rhodian traders Menedemos and Sostratos in 307 BC. e sailed - this time to Phenicia. One will trade, and the second will go inland to the little-known and strange Judea. Initially, Sostratos intended to find a balm - a fragrant essence, extremely expensive in the Mediterranean world, but in fact he just wants to look at a part of the world unknown to most Greeks. But the bandits on land are so as dangerous as pirates at sea...Part of the adventures at sea is part of it in Judea. Easy language, good humor. Turtledove's best episode