Fallen from Babel: a contemporary time travel thriller in ancient Babylon

Peter Thornton doesn’t believe in God.Or rather, he doesn’t believe inoneGod.“All paths are valid,” he teaches his university students.One evening he ventures to the archaeology museumand touches an artifact recently discovered from ancient Babylon.At the touch he is transported three thousand years back in timeto Old Testament Babylon.Somehow the people know him as Rim-Sin, sorcerer and high priestto the gods of Babylon. The moment he arrives he is accused of murder—a murder Rim-Sin committed—and he must run for his life.Against the backdrop of Nebuchadnezzar’s courtat its zenith, he and rival sorcerers vie with Beltshazzar, the Jewish upstart, for the king’s favor. As Peter scrambles to get back to the twenty-first century he encounters a lovely young woman who has some disturbingly powerful arguments about the God of the Bible.Peter won’t get homeuntil he has fallen from his pride. Fallen from his polytheism. Fallen from Babel.Read more