This is the fascinating, real-life story of the son of a poor Persian rice farmer who rose to become the most illustrious disciple of the Báb. Thoroughly researched and broad in scope, it is a story of the rugged journey during the five short, eventful years Quddus spent in absolute servitude to the Báb. We experience the vivid details of a life which left no room for settling down as he valiantly approached the center of an intense, ever-increasing maelstrom at the very inception and birth of a new world religion, fraught with opposition and intrigue yet filled with spiritual confirmations culminating in an unprecedented climax.