Historical fiction anthology — each book recounts the fall of a forgotten civilization through a survivor’s eyes.

Debut Novel Out Now!

A Soldier of Nineveh A Soldier of Nineveh
A Soldier of Nineveh

One man. One city. One choice.

612 BCE. Nineveh has never fallen. Its walls are legendary—so vast that four chariots can ride abreast along their summit. Its palaces are the envy of the ancient world, and its people believe their empire will stand for a thousand years.

They are wrong.

Ashur-resh-ishi is a common soldier, the son of a bronze-worker, standing watch as a coalition of Medes and Babylonians closes in. Inside the city, he is pulled by three different lives:

  • His best friend, who dreams of a wine shop they will never open.

  • His father, who begs him to protect a younger brother who refuses to leave.

  • The woman he loves, a temple official's daughter who presses her seal into his hand and whispers, Find me after.


As the Tigris rises and the siege tightens, Resh is forced to choose between duty and love, loyalty and survival. He begins to understand a terrible truth: the mightiest empire the world has ever known is crumbling—and he cannot save everyone.

A Soldier of Nineveh is a sweeping historical novel of friendship and loss, courage and cowardice, and ordinary people caught in the machinery of history. It tells the story of those whose names never entered the chronicles, though they loved and feared as fiercely as any king.

Fifty years after the fall, an old man sits alone, holding a worthless bronze amulet that once belonged to his closest friend. He has outlived his city, his family, and everyone he ever loved.

Now, at last, he is ready to tell the truth about what happened when the walls came down.

Series Information:

  • Series: Voices from the Ruins, Book One

  • Genre: Historical Fiction / Ancient Civilizations

  • Age Recommendation: 16+ (Contains mature themes of war and historical catastrophe)

“What I liked most was how personal the story felt. Seeing a great city fall through the eyes of someone history would never remember made it emotional in a quiet way.”

— Amazon review

About dan kala

Dan Kala is a self-taught historian and fiction writer drawn to lost civilizations — the empires that crumbled, the cities that vanished, and the ordinary people history forgot to name.

Driven by a lifelong fascination with the ancient world, he focuses on the human stories behind dates and dynasties, blending historical research with character-driven storytelling. He believes that while empires fall and walls crumble, the fundamental experiences of love, fear, courage, and survival remain timeless.