Novels of Ancient Sumeria

When the jealous high priest of Enki murders the king during a holy festival and stages a takeover of the palace, Crown Prince Ammon-shur must flee for his life with nothing more than the clothes on his back. His faithful bodyguard, Balashi, saves him from capture and death at the hands of his enemies, and together the two make their way to the ancient city of Uruk, home of the ancient and powerful temple of Inanna.

Exile has cost Prince Ammon his kingdom—but survival has not brought him peace. Now married and living in obscurity, Ammon seeks stability far from the courts and temples that once shaped his fate. Yet the ancient world does not release its claims so easily. When forces tied to temple power and political ambition begin to close in once more, Ammon is drawn back into a struggle that threatens not only his life, but the fragile freedom of those he loves.

Prince Ammon has survived exile, betrayal, and the reach of temple power—but survival is no longer enough. As unrest spreads and religious authority tightens its grip, a dangerous new voice emerges in the ancient world: a prophet who speaks openly against the gods of empire and the systems that sustain them. His words draw followers—and enemies—and threaten to unravel the fragile order that governs city, temple, and throne alike.

Truth has been spoken aloud—and the ancient world is answering with power. As the consequences of prophecy ripple outward, Prince Ammon finds himself drawn into a contest no longer limited to temples or cities, but to the ambitions of kings themselves. Alliances shift, rulers harden their resolve, and political order asserts its claim against any voice that threatens stability.

Ammon-shur and his Gutian allies are determined to rid the land of Canaan of the invading Mesopotamian armies once and for all, but Ammon's aspirations don't end there. He senses an opportunity to eliminate the threat from the shadowy conspiracy that has been dogging his steps for decades once and for all. With his usual flair for combining the divine with the mundane, Ammon takes advantage of his growing reputation to gather a mighty host to retake the cities of Sumeria from the followers of the dark god of chaos, but success brings its own set of challenges.

Ammon-shur is missing, and in his absence, the situation across Sumeria, Canaan, and Akkad has gone from bad to worse. Civil war, famine and banditry have become so widespread that even the sleepy backwaters of Canaan has been affected. When Ammon returns home after years spent as a slave, he wants nothing more than to be left alone and spend his days with his family in peace.

The war between the shadowy cabal that seeks to gain control of the entire land and those who hope to stop the spread of chaos and lawlessness is engulfing city after city. The growing number of atrocities and death convinces Ammon-shur that there has to be a better way to combat the violence than with violence of his own. He travels from Sumeria to Elam and Egypt, seeking allies for his cause while doing his best to cut off the supplies that are feeding and equipping his enemies.