The author paints a striking psychological portrait of Origen, the great Christian mystic, who lived in Alexandria during the third century. This historical novel received high praise and superb reviews throughout the United States and Canada.
I was writing a paper on Alexandrian Neo-Platonism's influence on Origen's method of allegorical interpretation and I wanted to understand his life better. Though I can't vouch for the accuracy of the book, it was interesting and helped me feel like I understood him as a person a lot better.