Her mother wants her to wed a Median prince to preserve her family the powerful mage Shadir intends her to marry his protégé, Amel-Marduk Tiamat wants neither, torn between her desire for freedom and her feelings for Pedaiah, her late husband’s brother. Tiamat, daughter of the mad king, finds herself at the center of palace intrigue when her husband, son of the imprisoned Israelite king, dies. Madness, sorcery, and sinister plots mingle like an alchemist's deadly potion, as Tia chooses whether to risk all to save the kingdom-and her family.The biblical story of Babylonian King Nebuchadnezzar’s seven years as a madman, found in the Old Testament Book of Daniel, deepens and broadens thanks to veteran author Higley’s historical research and vivid imagination. In a time when few gave their hearts to Yahweh, Tia must decide if she is willing to risk everything-her possessions, her gods, and her very life-for the Israelite's one God. Tia enlists the help of a reluctant Jewish captive, her late husband's brother Pedaiah, who challenges her notions of the gods even as he opens her heart to both truth and love. As the queen plans to wed Tia to yet another prince, the powerful mage Shadir plots to expose the family's secret and set his own man on the throne.
When a nobleman is found murdered in the palace, Tia must discover who is responsible for the macabre death, even if her own freedom is threatened. But her husband has since died and she relishes her newfound independence. Since her treaty marriage at a young age, Tia has lived an opulent yet oppressive life in the palace. Driven from his throne to live as a beast, he prowls his luxurious Hanging Gardens, secreted away from the world. For seven years the Babylonian princess Tiamat has waited for the mad king Nebuchadnezzar to return to his family and to his kingdom. The untold story of King Nebuchadnezzar's daughter.
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