Arrow of Fortune

<p><strong>A well-behaved lady historian ought to avoid haunted forests... not plunge into them seeking an invincible weapon of the gods.</strong></p><p>Ellie Mallory didn't exactly volunteer to prevent the most dangerous artifact of the Ramayana from falling into the wrong hands-but if one has been coerced into an adventure the least one can do is bring along a few friends.</p><p>Constance Tyrrell has new daggers stuffed in her garters a thirst to discover everything India has to offer... and absolutely no interest in Dr. Neil Fairfax Ellie's scholarly stepbrother. Meanwhile Neil finds himself wrangling a magical sword along with his increasingly tangled feelings about a certain doe-eyed danger gnome.</p><p>Then there's Adam Bates-handy with a machete perpetually shirtless and about to face some unsettling ghosts of his past.</p><p>Together they must follow the footsteps of an ancient hero from the festivals of Puri to the shadowy depths of a legendary forest racing a brutal colonial administrator with allies of his own-including the complicated and mysterious Mr. Jacobs.</p><p>It will take all Ellie's resources-from a working knowledge of practical chemistry to a highly excitable dog-to beat a new sort of demon to the place where a holy power has lain hidden for two thousand years... alongside the secret history of the woman at the heart of India's greatest story.</p>