In 70 CE, 900 Jews held out against armies of Romans on a mountain in Masada. According to an ancient historian, two women and five children survived. Based on this tragic event, Hoffman weaves a tale of four bold, resourceful, and sensuous women, each of whom has come to Masada by a different path.

Tells the story of the siege led by Roman commander, Flavius Silva, when Jewish Zealots, who escaped the Roman sacking of Jerusalem in 70 A.D., took refuge in a fortress on the mountain of Masada.