About the Book: In 1896, a ship docks in Bombay Harbor, unleashing a deadly plague as rats spread disease across the city. Dr. Acacio Viegas raises the alarm, prompting strict anti-plague measures. Amid this chaos, Maya Barton and Dr. Charlotte Ellaby receive threatening notes from the secretive ‘Native Society,’ opposing the city’s reforms. With American trade counsel Henry Baker, Maya investigates, uncovering the Society’s leaders and their resistance to modernity. Along the way, she unravels mysteries about her own parentage. In this gripping sequel to The Kidnapping of Mark Twain, Anuradha Kumar masterfully blends historical intrigue, romance, and suspense in colonial Bombay.