The Scroll of the Fourth Wise Man recounts the adventures of the Athenian, Marikles Teleas. Abandoned by his father and chased across the Mediterranean world by his brother's men, Marikles rages for revenge. The story speaks with power of one man's life: his battles, his fears, and his loves. He rises from the brutality of warfare and the arena to great prominence. He witnesses great events of his time, for his fate is intertwined with the Magi, Caesar Augustus, Herod the Great, and the radical rebel called Jeshua of Nazareth, King of the Jews.