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India, 1657: When Maya, a graceful, young temple dancer with a strange past, is sold into slavery, she enters a world of intrigue, violence, and forbidden love. Bought by a Portuguese trader and sold as a concubine to the dissolute vizier of Bijapur, she embarks over a treacherous journey. In the caravan led by the dangerous arrangement man Da Gama, she moves by elephant on the hostile highway to Bijapur, became a member of by Geraldo, a Portuguese adventurer, and Pathan, a attractive prince who posesses dark secret. Together with Lucinda, a beautiful, spoiled young Goan heiress, and the manipulative eunuch Slipper, they climb the windswept hill highway through the Traditional western Ghats. When their caravan is attacked by bandits, the travelers' lives are flipped upside down. Inside the aftermath, Maya and Lucinda instantly end up stranded in a strange, incredible world, a world filled with love, relationship, and deception, pure love and lurking evil, where nothing is as it appears and the two women are confronted with great enticement as well as heart-wrenching decisions that will have an impact on the rest of the lives. Greed, politics, dedication, courage, love, and intolerance mesh to form a captivating Indian tapestry. With spectacular settings, unforgettable characters, fierce sensuality, and strong scholarship, this adventure-packed novel signifies the debut of a thrilling new storyteller. The Temple Dancer is the first level of John Speed's Indian trilogy, a three-book trip that will cover the final many years of the Mogul Empire and the rise of the Marathis under the highwayman Shivaji. It will leave you breathlessly awaiting his next novel.
