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    "description": "India, 1920. Captain Wyndham and Sergeant Banerjee of the Calcutta Police Force investigate the dramatic assassination of a Maharajah's son, in the sequel to A Rising Man.\n\nThe fabulously wealthy kingdom of Sambalpore is home to tigers, elephants, diamond mines, and the beautiful Palace of the Sun. But when the heir to the throne is assassinated in the presence of Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant 'Surrender-Not' Banerjee, they discover a kingdom riven with suppressed conflict. Prince Adhir was a modernizer whose attitudes\u2014and romantic relationships\u2014may have upset the more religious elements of his country, while his brother\u2014now in line to the throne\u2014appears to be a feckless playboy.\n\nAs Wyndham and Banerjee desperately try to unravel the mystery behind the assassination, they become entangled in a dangerous world where those in power live by their own rules\u2014and those who cross their paths pay with their lives. They must find a murderer, before the murderer finds them . . .",
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