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The Last Year in Babylon
Book 7
The Long Road Home

The Last Year in Babylon

The conqueror turns to rule: the mass weddings at Susa, the mutiny and tearful reconciliation at Opis, the death of Hephaestion that breaks something in him. Amid omens and unfinished plans for Arabia, Alexander takes a fever at Babylon and dies at thirty-two — leaving the world to his generals, and his story to the historians.
Invoking the sacred fire...