Belshazzar

Passion and revenge play out against the fall of Babylon in the final novel from the author of the British adventure series featuring Allan Quatermain.

Half-Egyptian and half-Greek, Ramose is a favorite son of the pharaoh and rises to captain of the guard. The young soldier is thrust into treachery and temptation when he loses his heart to the queen of Syria, who is savagely murdered under his watch. Forced to flee for his life with his mentor, Ramose swears before the gods to have nothing m...