The Journey to the Heart of the Abyss
core novel 2017 The Leviathan of Babylon
Record
| First published | 2017 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  HE |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.51 (35 ratings, collected 2026-08-31) |
| Page count | 286 |
| Internal chronology | 3 |
Synopsis
The Journey to the Heart of the Abyss, published by Hagar Yanai in 2017, concludes the Leviathan of Babylon trilogy. Jonathan and Ella Margolis, now deeply enmeshed in the mythological Empire of Babylon after the events of the earlier two books, face the trilogy's final reckoning with the forces of Jewish, Babylonian, Sumerian, and Akkadian myth that have shaped their journey from the start. As the priesthood's long effort to contain the Leviathan reaches a critical point, the siblings must draw on everything they have learned about this parallel world, and about themselves, to see the conflict through to its end. The novel closes out a trilogy built on the collision between ordinary modern lives and an ancient mythological order, bringing Jonathan and Ella's long passage between worlds toward its final resolution.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Leviathan of Babylon
- Series: The Leviathan of Babylon core; position 3 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Hagar Yanai
Awards (verified)
- Geffen Award (Best Original Hebrew Fantasy), 2018: won; Won for The Journey to the Heart of the Abyss.
Notes
- From the series record (The Leviathan of Babylon): A complete Hebrew-language fantasy trilogy following siblings Jonathan and Ella Margolis into a parallel Empire of Babylon ruled by a magical guild, drawing on Jewish, Babylonian, and wider Middle Eastern mythology; every volume won the Geffen Award for Best Original Hebrew Fantasy.
Neighbouring works
Publication order and internal chronology are tracked as two separate orderings, but they resolve to the exact same sequence for this book, so one combined line is shown instead of two identical ones.
- Reading order, within the series The Leviathan of Babylon: position 3 of 3: previous The Water Between the Worlds (2008)
Sources
- Wikipedia: Hagar Yanai
- Simania catalog record: The Leviathan of Babylon, book 1
- Simania catalog record: The Leviathan of Babylon, book 3
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