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Amitav Ghosh is a world renowned Indian author and novelist known for his works in the English language. His writings often show an amalgamation of cultures expressed through the use of various languages. Like many subaltern authors, he expresses the silenced voices of those that were not represe.

The final book in the bestselling Ibis trilogy. It is 1839 and tension has been rapidly mounting between China and British India following the crackdown on opium smuggling by Beijing. With no resolution in sight, the colonial government declares war. Is a thrillingly realised and richly populated novel, imbued with a wealth of historical detail, suffused with the magic of place and plotted with verve. It is a beautiful novel in its own right, and a compelling conclusion to an epic and sweeping story.