Tragedia

Alternate history with a twist of fantasy. Book 4 of the Immortia series.In the 17th century B.C. the magician Meru has plunged the world into darkness and famine. A single lifetime isn't enough to atone for this, so he seeks more. The Epic of Gilgamesh hints that the answer can be found in the east. He and his friend the Canaanite savant Shoshana travel eastwards to find the gurus and their secret of Soma and Amrita. Her ability to pick up new languages is absolutely essential to the search, but will she abandon him when she gets a better offer? Along the way they are joined by the shipwrecked pirate captain Al Khazir. Which of them is more trustworthy, the scourge of the seven seas, or the librarian who destroyed one empire and threw another into chaos? The man who does not conceal what he is from the world, or the one hiding dark and terrible secrets?Tragedia is a novella appropriate for middle readers, young adults and adults. It is set in a magical version of ancient Bronze Age India at the beginning of the end of the Indus Valley Civilisation.