Josette Elayi
Josette Elayi is a historian specializing in Phoenicia and Assyria. She is the author of nearly forty books, notably a remarkable history of the Assyrian Empire published by Perrin (2021) and a biography, Sennacherib, King of Assyria, published by SBL Press in Atlanta (2018). She is also the author of several novels in which she fills in the gaps in historical sources with plausible fiction.
Alain Elayi
Alain Elayi, university professor and nuclear physicist, has divided his life between international scientific congresses, research centers and industrial nuclear facilities, but also archaeology, ancient history, theater, philosophy cafes and exploring the world.
A brilliant Greek inventor and precursor of modern technology, Archimedes discovers our 21st century through a fantastic leap of 2,200 years. He possesses the necessary perspective to assess the progress of the modern world, which he judges with astonishment and amusement, comparing it to his ancient world. His presence unleashes a torrent of emotions and becomes a matter of national importance: will he succeed in finding solutions to humanity's problems? How will his extraordinary adventure end? Publication date: September 1, 2023. Order now
The waters of the Euphrates continued to flow into the ancient streets and squares of the city, but little by little, the canals silted up, their flow diminished, and the water became stagnant… No one would have dreamed of venturing onto the site, much less settling there. Besides, the soothsayers had predicted at least 70 years of total abandonment for this cursed place. Blending history and fiction, *The King Who Drowned Babylon* is a fabulous journey through time, transporting us 700 years before our era to Mesopotamia, the Garden of Eden between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, in the heart of the Assyrian Empire. This novel recounts the life of King Sennacherib, a great conqueror despite himself, a scholar, a brilliant inventor, a reformer, but also a simple human being with his joys, his sorrows, his victories, his failures, and his doubts. How did he come to commit this unimaginable act: drowning the fabulous Babylon? Publication date: April 1, 2023 Order now
