According to ancient legend, when Ea, the father of the gods, lost his beloved wife, he cried tears of blood. And where they fell to the ground, his children, the great gods, appeared. But one tear turned into stone, and the great Babylon arose at the site of its fall. For thirty centuries, the descendants of the proud Babylonians kept the Tear of God from prying eyes, because this stone contained ancient power, and the one who mastered it would take over the whole world. Nowadays, a case brings together St. Petersburg translator Yulia and businessman Ivan, unjustly accused of murdering his wife. Having joined forces in search of the real criminal, they, unwittingly, touched the secret of a mysterious artifact... Previously, the book was published under the title “Star of the Assyrian King”