The AvatariA mythical kingdomLegend has it that only those chosen by destiny can gain entry into Shambhala, the mythical kingdom believed to hold the ancient wisdom that humanity will need to resurrect itself from the inevitable apocalypse. They are the Avatari. An ancient artefactWhen Henry Ashton, a retired British Army officer settled in the Yorkshire dales, receives a letter from a monk entreating him to prevent a 'hidden treasure' stolen from a Laotian

ten strangers are invited to Soldier Island

Lucie must make the final call between the radio-sponsored happily ever after or the man in the headphones next to her

As sole heiress to a fortune

wonderfully romantic

will not get the help she desperately needs

the perils of celebrity

all set in Kolkata of the 1950s and 1960s

and tempers are rising in Rome

But could this apparent ‘crime of passion’ have been something more evil and premeditated altogether

His addiction

the work critiques the folly of intellectual pretensions and the misguided zeal for human improvement

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