The Ashes of Baghdad

1258. The greatest city in the Islamic world stands on the edge of annihilation. For five centuries, Baghdad has been the beating heart of civilization - a city of scholars, poets, astronomers, engineers, and kings. Its vast libraries hold the wisdom of the ancient world, and its towering walls seem eternal. But from the east comes an army unlike any the world has ever seen. The Mongols. As the armies of Hulagu Khan close around Baghdad, four men find themselves trapped inside one of history's most devastating sieges: A hardened Mongol commander who believes conquest is destiny.
A brilliant engineer whose machines can destroy cities - and knowledge itself. A weary scout torn between loyalty and conscience. A scholar desperately trying to save the memory of a dying civilization. As fire rains upon Baghdad and the mighty Abbasid Caliphate collapses, the survivors must choose what is worth saving in a world consumed by war. Inspired by true historical events, The Ashes of Baghdad is an epic historical novel of siege warfare, betrayal, survival, and the destruction of one of the greatest cities ever built.
A sweeping story of empire and memory, this is not just the fall of a city.It is the end of an age.