The Physician of Nineveh: A Love Story 2700 Years in the Making

A love story 2700 years in the making. For fans of historical fantasy archaeological thrillers and sweeping time travel fiction Glenn Cooper’s newest novel brings the ancient world vividly to life. The Physician of Nineveh blends the intrigue of an ancient Mesopotamian empire with the heart of a love story across centuries . London present day. Dr. Kate Mayne a brilliant Assyriologist still recovering from heartbreak devotes her life to uncovering the secrets of the ancient world . She never expects one of those secrets to walk into her life—claiming to be a royal physician from the long-lost city of Nineveh. Assyria 7th century BCE. Mannu-ki-Ashur Chief Physician to King Ashurbanipal faces an impossible choice. The woman he has loved since childhood is dying from a poison no medicine or forbidden magic can cure. In desperation Mannu turns to an ancient ritual that sends him hurtling through ti