nebu.exe
The rise and fall of Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian king who destroyed Jerusalem's Temple and built an empire that seemed eternal — until Persia came.
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Chapters
11 total- 01Chapter One - The Shadow of Empire
- 02Chapter Two - The Crown of Babylon
- 03Chapter Three - The Enemy in the West
- 04Chapter Four - The Temple Burns
- 05Chapter Five - Babylon the Great
- 06Chapter Six - The God-King
- 07Chapter Seven - exile.exe
- 08Chapter Eight - Madness and Myth
- 09Chapter Nine - Babylon’s Apex
- 10Chapter Ten - Death and Fire
- 11Epilogue: The Power of Destruction
Edition notes and short pages
nebu.exe
nebu.exe
The King Who Burned the Temple
by James Johnson
Dedication
For the ones who thought they could erase the past
by burning it.
And for those who survived exile —
and wrote their conqueror into history forever.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THANKS TO NEBUCHADNEZZAR II —
for proving that fear lasts longer than loyalty,
and that fire writes a deeper legacy than peace ever could.
To every ruler who built greatness,
and to the one who built myth by destroying it.
And to every exile who remembered —
because without them, his name would’ve turned to ash.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JAMES JOHNSON WRITES the .exe series —
Trojan Horse biographies of the people who didn’t just rule history —
they burned their names into it.
He traces the power behind empires, laws, myths, and destruction —
and shows how legacy is just controlled memory.
More at: jjarchives.com
COPYRIGHT
COPYRIGHT © 2025 JAMES Johnson
All rights reserved.
This book is a work of narrative nonfiction.
All historical events and figures are real.
Some scenes have been dramatized for narrative clarity,
but Nebuchadnezzar’s impact — and the temple he burned — are fact.
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form
without prior written permission from the publisher.
If you build an empire, it might fade.
If you burn a temple, people never stop talking about it.