Life had been good for thirteen year old Micha el-Tigris, there at his birthplace in 3493 BCE beside the Tigris River near the village of Kuyunjik, later known as Nineveh. But that all changed in the course of seven days when all those most dear to him died: his mother, uncle, and his tiny pet goat. After an intimate encounter with his neighbours' daughter, he departed to the lands along the Middle Sea coast, to became there, by his own admission, the world's most powerful warrior....