<p>D.J. McIntosh's <i>The Witch of Babylon</i> tells of a Turkish-American art dealer John Madison. Madison gets caught up in a deadly conspiracy involving a stolen artifact stretching from ancient Mesopotamia to modern-day Iraq. Aided by an archaeologist and a photojournalist John navigates a tricky landscape filled with thieves killers and men with dark secrets all while unearthing the startling history of alchemy.</p>