Fallen from Babel

<p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Peter Thornton doesn't believe in God. </strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Or rather he doesn't believe in <em>one</em> God. </strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>All paths are valid he teaches his university students.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>One evening he ventures to the archaeology museum </strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>and touches an artifact recently discovered from ancient Babylon.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>At the touch he is transported three thousand years back in time</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> to Old Testament Babylon.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Somehow the people know him as Rim-Sin sorcerer and high priest</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> to 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.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Against the backdrop of Nebuchadnezzar's court </strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>at 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.</span></p><p><br></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Peter won't get home</strong><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> until he has fallen from his pride. Fallen from his polytheism. Fallen from Babel. </span></p>