Thomas Krug

701 BCE. Assyria lays siege to Jerusalem, the last stronghold of the Judeans. In an audacious raid, a band of Kushite mercenaries—known as the Desert Mice—help force the Assyrians back from the gates of Jerusalem. But when a greedy general cheats them of their payment, the mercenaries must turn to plundering the dead: a fabled tyrant and his long-lost tomb....