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What This Book Covers

1. Chapter One - The Shadow of Empire
2. Chapter Two - The Crown of Babylon
3. Chapter Three - The Enemy in the West
4. Chapter Four - The Temple Burns
5. Chapter Five - Babylon the Great
6. Chapter Six - The God-King
7. Chapter Seven - exile.exe
8. Chapter Eight - Madness and Myth
9. Chapter Nine - Babylon’s Apex
10. Chapter Ten - Death and Fire
11. Epilogue: The Power of Destruction

Excerpt

CHAPTER ONE The Shadow of Empire BABYLON HAD FALLEN before. It had been crushed, ruled, forgotten. For centuries, it was just another city in someone else’s kingdom. But by the time Nebuchadnezzar II was born, Babylon was rising again. His father, Nabopolassar, wasn’t a king by blood. He was a rebel general who led Babylon’s revolt against the crumbling Assyrian Empire— and won. Nebuchadnezzar didn’t inherit peace. He inherited a fresh empire built from war. And now it was his job to secure it, expand it, and immortalize it. Nebuchadnezzar grew up in a world where Babylon was rebuilding its name. Temples, walls, palaces — everything had to be bigger, stronger, eternal. His father’s...