Feringhee—White-skinned foreigner "In the end, Feringhee, you will become the dust we shake off our sandals, and India will be as she always was—beautiful, terrifying, and eternal." Exiled from the Ottoman Empire, where the people he loved are dead or beyond his reach, Nathan is a man without hope. He joins the army of the East India Company. With little regard for his life, Nathan carries out dangerous missions that take him into India's remote villages and jungles, tracking slavers and bandits. He travels to the steppes of Central Asia to redeem two kidnapped English girls. There, he must contend with an old nemesis. Gravely wounded as he flees khanate tribesmen into the mountain pass of the Hindy Kush, Nathan welcomes death as he loses consciousness. He is disappointed to awake still alive. A small, dark Kalbelia gypsy girl, Perla, skillfully tends him. Perla claims to know Nathan; however, he does not remember her. That she can act as his physician and is familiar with both English and Indian medicine is also puzzling. "When you decide to live, I'll tell you who I am," she says. As he recovers, Nathan reviews his time in India to figure out how Perla fits in. On learning her unusual story, Nathan must face death and prove he has a will to live. " Feringhee is a sweeping saga that begins with a man searching his thoughts to remember how he knows the woman who saved his life. Within these memories, we follow the antagonism between Ensign Nathan Asher and the enigmatic Khalid, a man whose reputation is as dark and elusive as he is. The harsh landscape and brutal traditions of slave trading lend a backdrop to this riveting tale of one man's journey to prove his loyalty and his belief in doing what is right. But it also sets the scene for those aiding him on his journey, who have their own stories of wanting to rise above the circumstances they were born into and fighting for recognition in a world against them from the beginning. So-called modern intellect versus knowledge passed down over generations highlights the idea that not all the answers are found in a book and that sometimes being open-minded is the key to the answer. But above all, the gritty story shares the depths of love beyond the barriers of skin colour. Feringhee delves into the disparities between the colonists and their army, and the rulers of the local lands and their subjects. It exposes the harrowing consequences of betrayal and touches on the ruthlessness shown where money supersedes life. The richness of the descriptions, both of the terrain and the interactions, as well as the authentic dialogue of the time, create a story that fully transports the reader to another era of love, loss, determination, and redemption. Highly recommended," The International Review of Books