The Leviathan of Babylon
core novel 2006 The Leviathan of Babylon
Record
| First published | 2006 |
|---|---|
| Original language |  HE |
| Work type | novel |
| Canon status | core |
| Reader rating | 3.68 (168 ratings, collected 2026-08-31) |
| Page count | 384 |
| First-edition ISBN | 9788415433958 |
| Internal chronology | 1 |
Synopsis
The Leviathan of Babylon, published by Hagar Yanai in 2006, opens its trilogy by blending Jewish, Babylonian, Sumerian, and Akkadian mythology into an alternate history. Siblings Jonathan and Ella Margolis, living ordinary lives in the present day, find themselves pulled into a parallel world known as the Empire of Babylon, a realm ruled by physician-priests whose authority rests on ancient learning and older fears. Chief among those fears is the possible return of the Leviathan, a monstrous force from the region's deepest mythology whose reawakening the ruling priesthood has long worked to prevent by any means necessary. As Jonathan and Ella try to understand a world governed by rules utterly unlike their own, they are drawn into the tensions surrounding the Leviathan's rise, tensions that connect uncomfortably to their own presence in a realm they were never meant to enter.
Where it sits
- Universe: The Leviathan of Babylon
- Series: The Leviathan of Babylon core; position 1 of 3 in the series' recorded order
- Author: Hagar Yanai
Awards (verified)
- Geffen Award (Best Original Hebrew Fantasy), 2007: won; Won for The Leviathan of Babylon.
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 1 of 3: next 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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