At the age of seven, he sends a deadly curse on a street boy, and he dies. And after that he resurrects the deceased. He sculpts birds from clay, and when they come to life, they fly into the sky. Who is this wonderful boy: a child of an angel or a son of God? Why are they hiding the secret of his birth from him? Why did King Herod commit a terrible crime and little Jesus and his family were forced to hide in Egypt? Anne Rice's novel opens a series of works about the life of Jesus Christ, a key figure in the history of all mankind.