A Myna Flies

In the opulent havelis of Shahjahanabad, a plot unfolds. Coursing across the high seas into the French-owned plantations of Mauritius, it races in parallel among the stately mansions of Calcutta. Rivers of ambition and greed run deep and red, ravaging mere mortals in their wake. John Company official Henry Haines schemes meticulously for his future.. his spy Amar Chaudhry plays with fire.. the resulting inferno threatens to break Murad Ali's shackles, flushes out Ratan Rana and Yousuf Ali into the wild to face their destinies, and inner selves. A young girl's heart is broken, while another discovers herself anew. In an alien land, a woman finds her purpose in life while a man lives on hope. But all mortals are unwitting pawns in this dizzying vortex of powerplay - for land, labour, wealth and lives. Read on to know more in this first part of the Myna series.