Jesse Hudson

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....

Prince Ammon has survived exile, betrayal, and the reach of temple power—but survival is no longer enough.

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....

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.

Truth has been spoken aloud—and the ancient world is answering with power.

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....

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....