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When Rihat discovers that his village is being terrorized by an akhazu demon, he seeks help at Marduk's temple. He meets Iltani, a demigoddess who's been cursed by Ishtar to live as an ardat-lili, enslaved by lust, a night-maiden who feeds on sexual energy.
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Characters/People edit
- Rihat: Soldier in Babylonian army. He's just gone home to visit his sister, and discovered that an akhazu demon has attacked his village.
- Iltani: Demigoddess, daughter of Ea, the Babylonian god of wisdom, and a human woman. Once a handmaiden of the goddess Ishtar, she's now cursed to wander the human realm as an ardat-lili.
First Sentence edit
Rihat knelt before the limestone statue of Marduk, more out of despair than reverence for the stern-faced war god.
Glossary edit
- damu-quradu: Literally, "blood hero"; a vampire who's been created by ingesting the blood of a god or goddess. The damu-quradu is the author's own twist on vampires on ancient Babylon.
- ardat-lili: Literally, "night maiden". The ardat-lili was the Babylonian version of a succubus, an ethereal creature who had sex with sleeping men and stole their life force, leaving them weak.
- akhazu demon: Spelling has been simplified for the modern reader; the original is "akh-khazu". This word literally translates as seizer, but the physical characteristics of this demon are not clearly described in the surviving texts.
- Marduk: Babylonian war god and head of the pantheon.
- Ishtar: Babylonian goddess of love and war, although her "love" aspect was more heavily emphasized by Rihat's time (the rule of Nebuchadnezzar II). She is a revisioning of the Sumerian goddess Inanna by the Akkadians who conquered Sumer and passed on her stories to their descendants, the Babylonians.
- Tammuz: Consort/husband of Ishtar
- Ea: Babylonian god of wisdom and magic, associated with water
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- Madeleine Drake: The official website of paranormal romance and erotica author Madeleine Drake
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