Haj Ibrahim known as the Haj is leader of the small but strategically placed village of Tabah. Sworn enemy and secret friend of Gideon Asch, Israel settler, pioneer, fighter, the Haj and his men are seen first in all thier false courage and manic ambition. Theirs is a world of oaths, blood, death and vengeance. But then his association with Asch takes him elsewhere into diplomacy, and towards leadership of another kind.