[Blood of the Goddess 02] Bijapur

Thomas Chinnery, a young English apothecary’s assistant, has been sent on a perilous mission—to infiltrate the Portuguese colonies on the coast of India, and establish a direct trade in medicinal herbs and spices. Captured by the Inquisition, he is forced on an expedition to the fabled city of Bijapur, hidden deep in the jungles of the mysterious subcontinent, in search of a miraculous powder called Rasa Mahadevi—Blood of the Goddess—believed to restore the dead to life. His fate, and his heart, lie in the hands of the beautiful Lady Aditi, torn between her passion for Thomas and her vows to the Goddess she serves.