At the outbreak of the First World War, Captain Athelstan King of the Indian secret service is sent into the tribal hills beyond the Khyber Pass, where a jihad is brewing. His guide and rival is Yasmini, a dazzling, scheming woman who rules men from a hidden city of caverns beneath the mountains. Its imperial attitudes are those of 1916.
Mundy’s best-known novel, full of disguise, intrigue and border lore, later filmed with Tyrone Power. Download the free EPUB.