Jason Scott is like you and me, just a regular guy trying to find his way in life. What he does not know is that he has become a player in an ancient conflict that is as old as the universe itself. Raised as a missionary kid in Colombia, South America, his life is mysteriously interlaced with Hector, one of the most feared terrorists of the Twentieth Century. This deadly conflict threatens to envelop everyone around him . . . especially all of those he loves. Working behind the scenes is Erale Mishmawr, an ancient Guardian who must use wisdom and cunning to outmaneuver a more powerful and ruthless adversary. The Prince of Babylon presents a unique insider's perspective on global events of the latter half of the Twentieth Century as it transforms into the 21st Century. Your view of normal everyday life will be changed forever.

Jason Scott is not unlike you or I, just a regular "Joe" trying to find his way. Unbeknownst to him, he has become a player in an ancient conflict that is as old as the universe itself. Raised in Colombia, his life is mysteriously interlaced with Hector, one of the most feared terrorists of the Twentieth Century. This deadly conflict threatens to envelope everyone around him . . . including those he loves. Working behind the scenes is Erale Mishmawr, an ancient Guardian who must use wisdom and cunning to out maneuver a more powerful and ruthless adversary. The Prince of Babylon presents a unique insider's perspective on global events of the latter half of the Twentieth Century. Your view of normal everyday life will be changed forever.

In volume one, Crisis in Alamut, Dastan arrives in the holy city of Alamut, where he is wanted for a number of heinous crimes he did not commit.

A FINALIST FOR THE 2022 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 ASPEN WORDS LITERARY PRIZE ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022 – Boston Globe, BuzzFeed, LitHub, Electric Literature, LGBTQ Reads, Latinx in Publishing *Recommended by The New York Times* In this contemporary debut novel—an intimate portrait of queer, racial, and class identity —Andrés, a gay Latinx professor, returns to his suburban hometown in the wake of his husband’s infidelity. There he finds himself with no excuse not to attend his twenty-year high school reunion, and hesitantly begins to reconnect with people he used to call friends. Over the next few weeks, while caring for his aging parents and navigating the neighborhood where he grew up, Andrés falls into old habits with friends he thought he’d left behind. Before long, he unexpectedly becomes entangled with his first love and is forced to tend to past wounds. Captivating and poignant; a modern coming-of-age story about the essential nature of community, The Town of Babylon is a page-turning novel about young love and a close examination of our social systems and the toll they take when they fail us.

Jason Scott is not unlike you or I, just a regular "Joe" trying to find his way. Unbeknown to him, he has become a player in an ancient conflict that is as old as the universe itself. Raised in Colombia, his life is mysteriously interlaced with Hector, one of the most feared terrorists of the Twentieth Century. This deadly conflict threatens to envelope everyone around him . . . including those he loves. Working behind the scenes is Erale Mishmawr, an ancient Guardian who must use wisdom and cunning to out maneurver a more powerful and ruthless adversary. The Prince of Babylon presents a unique insider's perspective on global events of the latter half of the Twentieth Century. Your view of normal everyday life will be changed forever.

The remains of ancient societies often require decades to unearth, but much longer to interpret and understand. The methods of archaeology have progressed dramatically in recent years. Archaeologists have continuously refined their tools, methods, and techniques. Today archaeology is characterized by pottery identification, classification, and cataloging; disciplined excavation of "squares"; use of sophisticated electronics, such as GPS, infrared, and computer-aided design; and the integration of multiple methodologies, such as epigraphy, art history, physical anthropology, paleobotany, and climatology. The interpretation of ancient Near Eastern history and cultures has also progressed. An increasing number of documents has been unearthed. The vast document collections from Tel el-Amarna, Nippur, Mari, Nuzi, Ebla, Ugarit, and the Dead Sea caves are just some of the more spectacular examples. These provide an enormous amount of detail about royal administrations, business transactions, land tenure systems, taxes, political propaganda, mythologies, marriage practices, and much more. And things that sometimes seem unique about one culture at first look often fit into larger patterns of relationship when the surrounding cultures are better understood. The Ancient Near East: Classic Studies (ANECS) reprints classic works that have brought the results of archaeology, textual, and historical investigations to audiences of scholars, students, and the general public. While the discussions continue and the results of earlier investigations are continuously re-examined, these classic works remain of interest and importance. K. C. HANSON Series Editor

Understand Daniel as never before. Drawing from his research in ancient Jewish sources and knowledge of the original language, Doukhan recreates the world of Babylon, explains obscure allusions, and finds hidden patterns within the prophecies that clarify their meaning.