Weaving together ancient history and myth, this captivating tale charts the controversial life and rise to power of Semiramis, the only female ruler of the Assyrian Empire.
Ancient Mesopotamia, ninth century BC. Babylonia – the Assyrian city of the Gods – is home to the strong and ambitious. Into its streets of the Assyrian captial steps an orphan, Semiramis, new wife to a fierce warrior. There she meets King Ninus - who soon wants her for himself.
Semiramis will bow to no man. For who will stand in her way? A husband? A lover? For in this world, kings fall while queens rise.
