Priests and Magi

From the ashes of Babylon... a new star awakens. Those who know the game, rewrite the rules. Book Two in a sweeping espionage mystery series set during the reign of Cyrus the Great, where diplomacy masks danger and loyalty is never simple. A team of Greek diplomats and agents, loyal to Persia, arrives in Babylon on a peace mission. But beneath the surface of royal ceremony and political negotiation, something darker stirs. Thalia, a youung physician with ties to both Persia and Babylon's royal bloodline, begins to observe unsettling truths—events that force her to question where her allegiance truly lies. As secrets unravel and danger closes in, Thalia must navigate a web of hidden motives, shifting alliances, and moral uncertainty. What she believed may no longer be true. Or was it never true at all? Meanwhile, a second arc unfolds: an enemies-to-lovers story between a conflicted warrior and a mysterious heroine—feared by some, revered by others. Is she a freedom fighter, a villain, or something else entirely? In a world of manipulation and myth, the answer may change everything. Set during the reign of Nabonidus, the last king of Neo-Babylon—whose legacy and that of his princess daughter echo through history as the first archaeologists—this is a tale of espionage, identity, and the quiet war beneath the surface. Truth is a weapon. And Babylon is watching. Elyse DeBarre is a classical archaeologist with a Master's degree in that field, qualifying as a physician. She has travelled extensively worldwide and has visited the ancient sites of Greece, Turkey and Iran mentioned in this novel.