<p><b>**WINNER 2018 WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE**</b><br><b><br>''Even better than his first'' <i>Daily Telegraph</i></b><br><br><b><i>India, 1920.</i> Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant Banerjee of Calcutta Police must investigate the dramatic assassination of a Maharaja''s son...</b><br><br> Sam Wyndham is visiting the kingdom of Sambalpore, home to diamond mines and the beautiful Palace of the Sun.<br><br> But when the Maharaja''s eldest son is assassinated, Wyndham realises that the realm is riven with conflict. Prince Adhir was unpopular with religious groups, while his brother - now in line to the throne - appears to be a feckless playboy.<br><br> As Wyndham and Sergeant ''Surrender-not'' Banerjee endeavour to unravel the mystery, they become entangled in a dangerous world. They must find the murderer, before the murderer finds them.<br><br><b>*SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2018 HISTORICAL AND GOLD DAGGERS*</b><br><b>*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2018 CWA STEEL DAGGER*</b><br><br><b>Praise fo