ABOUT THE BOOK
In a sacred cave high in the mountains of northern India, a white-haired
hermit sits cross-legged, and signs his final testament: "George
Abercrombie, 1874..."
In present-day England, fourteen year old Lizzy Abercrombie's mother dies in a
tragic accident on the full moon. But was it really an accident? Lizzy
discovers that her death may be linked to a mysterious family curse. Determined
to find the truth, her quest takes her from a splendid Anglo-Indian mansion on the
Yorkshire moors to India, where she uncovers her ancestor's terrible past and a
stolen inheritance. But her discoveries put her in mortal danger from a
ruthless enemy.
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
DIANA de GUNZBURG was born in Pakistan and is Anglo-Russian-Afghan. Her
great-grandfather was the last man to be publically hanged in British India for
making war on the Crown. Diana was brought up between the North West Frontier -
where her father still farms his estate - and her mother's native Yorkshire. By
the age of seventeen she had already made the 6000-mile journey overland
between the two countries three times. She has recently published articles
about her family history in Alef
magazine and Afghan Scene. She lives
with her husband and teenage daughter in Paris where she teaches yoga. This is
her first book.
TONY WILD is a scion of the Bettys and
Taylors of Harrogate dynasty, makers of Yorkshire Tea. He was a director of the
company but gave up to write full time. He has always been fascinated by the
relationship between the British and India and explored the subcontinent as a
young man. He wrote two popular histories published by Harper Collins – The East India Company: Trade and Conquest
from 1600 and Remains of the Raj,
which Jan Morris nominated as her book of the year. He is a former actor,
filmmaker and screenwriter and this is his first novel.
ISBN 978 1 906548 21 6
280 pages
