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The Lotus and the Wind
Afghanistan, 1879. Lieutenant Robin Savage is serving during the Second Anglo-Afghan War when an accusation of cowardice threatens his career. A dying Afghan’s cryptic reference to “Atlar” draws him into intelligence work at the point where the military campaign meets the wider Anglo-Russian contest for influence in Central Asia.
Accompanied by a loyal Gurkha orderly, Robin travels across the frontier in pursuit of a conspiracy whose significance reaches beyond one battlefield. Espionage, disguise and political calculation carry him through the landscape of the Great Game, while the pressure to prove himself forces him to decide what courage and loyalty mean when imperial strategy depends upon secrecy.
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