In the time of the pharaoh, a tiny infant is rescued from the banks of the Red Sea. She is named Zipporah, 'the little bird.' Although she is Cushite by birth, one of the black people of the lands to the south, she is taken in by Jethro, high priest and sage of the Midianites. As a young woman, Zipporah meets a young Hebrew man raised by the Pharaoh. Moses is a fugitive and settles into life with Zipporah and her father. But neither Zipporah nor god will allow Moses to forget his destiny.