num_pages: 614
description: M. M. Kaye, author of The Far Pavilions, sweeps her readers back to the vast, glittering, sunbaked continent of India. Shadow of the Moon is the story of Winter de Ballesteros, a beautiful English heiress who has come to India to be married. It is also the tale of Captain Alex Randall, her escort and protector, who knows that Winter's husband to be has become a debauched wreck of a man. When India bursts into flaming hatreds and bitter bloodshed during the dark days of the Mutiny, Alex and Winter are thrown unwillingly together in the brutal and urgent struggle for survival.
language: English
title: Shadow of the Moon
titlecomplete: Shadow of the Moon
genres: Fiction, 19th Century, Historical Romance, Historical, India, Historical Fiction, Romance, Adult, Adventure, Novels
ratings_count: 4393
places: India
publisher: Random House Value Publishing