Chapter 57
November – 3,390 BC
Mesopotamian Plain
JAMIN
Jamin found the herds before he found them.
He'd begun to lose hope after he'd gone to their last known tent-site and discovered Marwan's tribe had pulled up stakes. A Ninevian trader informed him word had filtered out of Assur he was being banished even before they'd dragged him before the tribunal. So powerfully did the wave of hatred which had seethed through his body ever since Siamek had turned his back on him grip him that it nearly made him stumble. He picked up a rock and threw it at a pigeon simply because he needed something to smite.
The bird flew away, the whistle of its wings taunting him as it reminded him of his real quarry. Once upon a time he had loved Ninsianna, but as he had stared into those eyes tinged with
