C.W. Slemming draws out the spiritual lessons to be learned from the study of the worship rituals of Israel by focusing on the five Levitical offerings, the principle of the Sabbath, and the seven feasts of the Lord. From these he shows what God desires of His worshipers in these New Testament days.

The main character is an antihero, born in infamy, and emerging into a lower-class world of delinquency and roguish misadventures. He ends up condemned as a prisoner to be a galley-slave, seeking absolution for his past life.