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When Moses reaches adulthood, he discovers that his birth mother is a poor Romany woman, Levi, who gave him away as a baby so that he might have the chance of a better life in the Promised Land.Moses visits Dreamland and kills a guard after witnessing a violent attack on a young woman, Zipporah. It is his birth brother Aaron who helps him escape the pursuing soldiers.
In
exile in Dreamland, Moses falls in love
and marries Zipporah, with whom he
has a son. His father-in-law, Jethro, a
gentle and dignified man who runs the
ghetto school, is killed by Pharoah’s
Pest Control forces whilst protecting
a street child. Moses leads the
construction of a giant funeral pyre
for Jethro made out of rubbish and
then burnt, challenging Pharoah to
tear down the fence while a peaceful
solution is still possible. Pharoah
refuses.
Moses leads a guerrilla war to liberate the inhabitants of Dreamland. He and his followers poison the sea, infect computers with deadly viruses and lethally contaminate foodstuffs. Many innocent people lose their lives.
After a final act of atrocity, Pharoah surrenders and the Exodus out of Dreamland begins...
