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In One Hostage and A Beggar at the Door, Thalassa Ali presented us to the rich, interesting world of nineteenth century British India—and to Mariana Givens, a courageous, beautiful Englishwoman. Today, as vengeful Afghan tribesmen shut in, Mariana should confront the consequences of her relationship into a Punjabi Muslim, and choose from the folks she calls her own—and the life span that possesses her heart.Mariana Givens pains to come back to the flower-scented town of Lahore, house of Hassan Ali-Khan, the Muslim stranger she's arrived at love, his magical household, and his prescient small boy. But her own careless conduct has delivered her into exile in the British cantonment near Kabul, to the eve of the Very First Afghan War. There, she embarks on the dangerous double life, pretending to be always a suitable young Victorian woman while privately traveling Kabul’s chaotic, intriguing roads to go to the Sufi seer who offers the solutions she needs.But the mystic’s aid has a cost, and her family wants her to marry a British official.