Empire rising
By: Sam Barone
Edition: 1st Harper pbk. ed.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 564
ISBN-13: 9780060892470
Copyright date: 2007
Subjects: Sieges; Bronze age; Nomads; City dwellers; Fiction
Description: Depicts war-torn Mesopotamia of 3157 B.C., wherein the bandit Korthac plots with the rogue Ariamus to conquer the seemingly impregnable city of Akkad by winning the trust of its ruler's wife.