In Babylon, survival
is a form of power.
A borrowed identity. A prince under pressure. A court where every secret can become a weapon.
Step into the story ↓The final years of the Neo-Babylonian Empire.
With Nabonidus away from the capital, his son Belshassar holds the court together amid religious and political tensions. From Harran comes Ishtaya, now called Zohra: a woman who survived by leaving her name behind and who hears what others try to hide.
A court under strain
Zohra
She hears what the court thinks it has hidden.
Ennigaldi-Nanna
Her intellect brings order to the world, yet blinds her to what lies outside her system.
Belshassar
He bears the power of a king without wearing the crown.
Adda Guppi
To her, protecting someone also means placing them on the board.
Zohra learns to turn vulnerability into strategy. Belshassar mistakes the wish to understand her for the urge to possess her. Between them, intimacy becomes another struggle for power.
Novel premise · not an excerpt from the manuscript
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