In the palace of Nineveh, Tiglath Ashur and Esarhaddon are half brothers, best friends, rivals for women - and the throne. The third part of the fateful triangle is Esharhamat, wilful, exquisite, lover and wife to the heir - whoever he may be. Her existence poisons the brotherly love until their increasing rancour threatens the very existence of the Assyrian empire. Esarhaddon is a warrior - plain and simple, shallow and nothing more. Tiglath is his equal in war and can be a brutal killer if necessary but he is also an intellectual, torn by doubts and qualms of conscience, temperamentally unable to challenge his brother and the priests, but known his own fate and that of Assyria hangs in the balance.
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The Assyrian: Nicholas Guild
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The Blood Star: Nicholas Guild
$110.00The sequel to The Assyrian. Tiglath Ashur is now in exile, banished by his brother Esarhaddon, the King of Assyria. With assassins close behind him, Tiglath flees first to the lands of the bloodthirsty Chaldeans, then to Egypt, a land ruled less by its pharaoh and more by court intrigue and pleasure-seeking. Here he finds love - and betrayal. Escaping to the port of Sidon, he is besieged by the armies he once led. Facing capture and death at the hands of the brother who now hates him, he slips through the trap set for him and ends his journey in Sicily where he wants to live a simple life. But an uneasy reconciliation takes him back t Assyria, where he must decide the fate of the empire.
