"A transfixing novel about two unforgettable characters seeking to free themselves--one from the expectations of women in early 20th century Punjab, and the other from the weight of life in the contemporary Indian diaspora. Mehar, a young bride in rural 1929 Punjab, is trying to…
"Haunted by his memories of the Great War, Captain Sam Wyndham is battling a serious addiction to opium that he must keep secret from his superiors in the Calcutta police force. When Sam is summoned to investigate a grisly murder, he is stunned at the sight of the body: he's see…
"In The Pool in the Desert, first published in 1903, Sara Jeannette Duncan explores the impact of isolation on the small British communities of Victorian India. In the four stories collected here - "The Pool in the Desert," "A Mother in India," "An Impossible Ideal," and "The He…
"In The Pool in the Desert, first published in 1903, Sara Jeannette Duncan explores the impact of isolation on the small British communities of Victorian India. In the four stories collected here - "The Pool in the Desert," "A Mother in India," "An Impossible Ideal," and "The He…
"In The Pool in the Desert, first published in 1903, Sara Jeannette Duncan explores the impact of isolation on the small British communities of Victorian India. In the four stories collected here - "The Pool in the Desert," "A Mother in India," "An Impossible Ideal," and "The He…
Willie Chandran feels as though the life he lives is not his own. But his listlessness washes away in a flood of encouragement from his radically political sister. Inspired, he joins an underground liberation movement in India. But after years of revolution and incarceration, he…
Joe Sandilands becomes caught up in a murder plot with reverberations in the past when a Pathan prince is killed, hostages are seized, and Joe is given one week to identify the killer before the frontier is engulfed in violence.
Joe Sandilands becomes caught up in a murder plot with reverberations in the past when a Pathan prince is killed, hostages are seized, and Joe is given one week to identify the killer before the frontier is engulfed in violence.
Joe Sandilands becomes caught up in a murder plot with reverberations in the past when a Pathan prince is killed, hostages are seized, and Joe is given one week to identify the killer before the frontier is engulfed in violence.
A young American girl provides unlikely assistance to Detective Sandilands as he sets out to identify those responsible for the death of a Pathan prince. The murder takes place during an uneasy truce between the British and the Afghans and the outcome of the investigation could …
