In his follow-up to Uruk: A Novel of the First City, James Zwerneman continues his stunning, action-packed historical adventure series set in ancient Mesopotamia. Jakka has taken his army and Ki , the genius who helped establish Uruk, north to a rich copper mining village to reestablish Magog's empire. He starts building a fort, mining copper, recruiting warriors, growing fields of Ki's wheat, and extracting tribute from vassal villages. Meanwhile, in Uruk, Sargon is elected lugal, and he h...


