nineveh (extinct city)

An account of the discovery and excavation of ancient Nineveh in the 1840's by archaeologist Henry Layard.

After being taken as a slave to Nineveh, thirteen-year-old Soulai finds his life intertwined with that of the son of King Ashurbanipal and a magnificent stallion and gets a chance to prove to himself and others that he is not a coward.