Serpent (British Literature Series)

Jason is a scriptwriter working on a film about Masada - the fortress where a thousand Jews killed themselves rather than be taken prisoner by the Romans in 73 AD. He doubts that a film both honest and popular on such a subject can be made and, while en route to the production site, a dispute about the film and a crisis aboard the plane forces Jason to look at his life, his art and the world around him in several different ways at once.