Mesopotamian Trilogy Books in Order

Art dealer John Madison becomes entangled in a struggle over a relic looted from Iraq's National Museum and a childhood friend's revenge. A puzzle linking ancient and modern witches sends him toward Baghdad, hidden antiquities, and unsettling questions about alchemy.

John Madison purchases a rare seventeenth-century book of fairy tales for an anonymous client, only to have it stolen by someone claiming to be its author. Investigating collectors and aristocrats, he discovers links between familiar stories, necromancy, and a deadly ancient plague.

A magician hires John Madison to locate a stolen sixteenth-century book about angel magic and the assistant who took it decades earlier. The search leads through Istanbul and ancient sites, connecting the Garden of Eden's location with revelations about Madison's own origins.