Roy Chen

Former student Raskolnikov is pushed to murder when struggling to pay the rent on his apartment. When the murder is being investigated by the police, Raskolnikov struggles between trying to hide his guilt and the pressure to confess.

When a loathsome, wealthy landowner is brutally murdered, his sons are drawn into a crisis of faith, guilt and moral responsibility. Will children forever pay for the sins of their fathers? Can we break free from the cycle of violence handed down from one generation to the next? And, above all, after so much violence, is redemption still possible? Can reconciliation still be hoped for?

In his new, contemporary reincarnation, Grisha lives with his mother in Jaffa, but his soul has been wandering the world for 400 years. Born in the 17th century in a Jewish shtetl, he dies and is reincarnated, journeying through centuries, across countries, and into different bodies. What compels him to return to Earth time and time again? An unforgiven sin or an all-consuming love for his soulmate? What is life—a blessing or a curse? His mother, Marina, is skeptical of all his fantasies. To her, “Life is the one and only; everything else is just a beautiful metaphor.”