The Gatekeeper: A Conduit Chronicles Story

Greed and envy were the flaws of gods long before they became the downfall of humans.

My name is Susuda. Close friends call me Su. I was abandoned as an infant upon temple steps, but for the grace of the goddess Inanna, was found and adopted by the best mother anyone could ever wish for. She raised me to be a strapping man fit to guard our city of Uruk under the rule of King Gilgamesh, in ancient Sumeria.

But what are we if not mere pawns in the quarrels between gods? The fate that met me fee...