M.M. Kaye author of The Far Pavilions" sweeps her readers back to the vast glittering sunbaked continent of India. " Shadow of the Moon" is the story of Winter de Ballesteros a beautiful English heiress who has come to India to be married. It is also the tale of Captain Alex Randall her escort & protector who knows that Winters husband to be has become a debauched wreck of a man. When India bursts into flaming hatreds & bitter bloodshed during the dark days of the Mutiny Alex & Winter are thrown unwillingly together in the brutal & urgent struggle for survival."