ITS THE 1790S IN INDIA. THE THIRD ANGLO-MYSORE WAR, BETWEEN THE KINGDOM OF MYSORE AND THE EAST INDIA COMPANY, IS HURTLING TOWARDS A CLIMAX. THE BRITISH ARE LURCHING NERVOUSLY TOWARDS BANGALORE. TIPU SULTAN IS WAGING A FEROCIOUS BATTLE.IN THIS TIME OF INTRIGUE AND HOSTILITY, THE BEAUTEOUS UMA BROOKE, AN ENGLISHMANS DAUGHTER, IN THE CARE OF THE MAHARAJAH OF MYSORE, IS EMBROILED IN A PERSONAL CONFLICT OF HER OWN. THE MAHARAJAH WANTS HER TO MARRY CAPTAIN ASHTON TREVELYAN OF THE BRITISH ARMY, A MAN HE TAKES AN IMMEDIATE LIKING TO. UMA HAS NO DESIRE TO HURT HER GENTLE GUARDIAN; YET, PREJUDICED BY THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF HER BIRTH, AND VOCIFEROUS ABOUT HER ATTACHMENT TO INDIA, SHE CANNOT CONCEIVE OF A FUTURE WITH A BRITON. DETACHED CAPTAIN TREVELYAN, ON HIS PART, FEELS COMPELLED TO SUBMIT TO THIS MARRIAGE FOR REASONS THAT ARE WHOLLY STRATEGIC – AFTER A FAILED SIEGE, CONSENTING TO THE MAHARAJAHS DEMAND IS THE ONLY WAY OF SALVAGING THE BATTLE. FURTHER COMPLICATING THE IMPENDING WEDDING IS A THREAT THAT FOLLOWS UMA NO MATTER WHERE SHE GOES; WHAT SEEMS TO BE A CASE OF PETTY THIEVERY MORPHS INTO A DESPERATE, TARGETED ASSAULT.UMA AND CAPTAIN TREVELYAN MUST NOT ONLY TRY DEFENDING THEMSELVES AGAINST THE ONSLAUGHT OF HISTORY, BUT MUST ALSO ATTEMPT SECURING THEIR TEETERING ASSOCIATION. WILL THEIR RELATIONSHIP – STRAINED BY VERBAL ASSAULTS AND RECKLESS SPARRING, TESTED BY IDEOLOGIES THAT CLASH – ENDURE? WILL UMA OVERCOME HER PRECONCEPTIONS AND BIASES, AND WILL ASHTON, PAST HIS INDIFFERENCE, FIND EMPATHY AND CONCERN? MOST IMPORTANTLY, IN AN ERA OF GRAND HISTORICAL CRUSADES, WILL THERE BE TIME FOR THE PERSONAL? FIND OUT IN THIS CAPTIVATING NOVEL.
म्हैसूरचे संस्थानिक महाराज. उमा ही त्यांच्या मृत बहिणीची आणि वॉरेन या ब्रिटिश सैनिकाची मुलगी. म्हैसूरच्या किल्ल्याला वेढा घालून बसलेला इंग्रज सैन्यातील देखणा ब्रिटिश तरुण अ‍ॅश्टन एका नाट्यमय प्रसंगामुळे महाराजांच्या तावडीत सापडतो. ते त्याच्यासमोर उमाशी विवाह करण्याचा प्रस्ताव ठेवतात. उमाच्या मनात ब्रिटिशांविषयी द्वेष आणि अ‍ॅश्टनलाही विवाहबंधनात अडकायचं नसतानाही त्यांचा विवाह होतो. अ‍ॅश्टनशी झालेला विवाह हा उमाच्या जीवनातील नावडता, तरी महत्त्वाचा अध्याय आहे. तर दुसर्या बाजूला उमाकडे असलेल्या एका वस्तूमुळे (ज्या वस्तूबद्दल ती स्वत: अनभिज्ञ आहे) तिच्यावर हल्ल्याचे, तिच्या अपहरणाचे प्रयत्न होत आहेत. उमा आणि अ‍ॅश्टनचं वैवाहिक जीवन फुलतं का, तिच्याजवळ असलेल्या वस्तूचा शोध तिला लागतो का आणि ती वस्तू कुणाला आणि का हवी असते, याचं काय रहस्य असतं? ऐतिहासिक पार्श्वभूमीवर फुललेली एक हळुवार, रहस्यमय प्रेमकहाणी.