In the 1500s, Thomas, a young English apothecary's apprentice, has been sent to collect rare herbs in Africa and India, where he becomes part of a caravan on an epic quest in search of a living goddess.
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A microcosmos of India assembles in two competing caravans to seek the Blood of the Goddess, among them Thomas Chinnery, English prisoner of the Portuguese Inquisition. The Goddess is reputed to live near Bijapur, and so the two parties make their way there--to be united inextricably by the hospitable and wily Sultan Ibrahim of Bijapur. Prophecies, Sufi mysticism, herb lore, and legends (or are they histories?) gild this exotic historical novel. Kara Dalkey's storytelling is masterfully paced, dark and light, grief and hope, mundane and magical. It is well worth waiting for Volume Three and what promises to be a mesmerizingly suspenseful conclusion.
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In 16th-century India, English apothecary apprentice Thomas Chinnery travels from Goa on a Portuguese caravan aiming to find a supernatural goddess with the power of life and death?but he only wants to escape and go home. As it heads for Bijapur, the caravan adds an Islamic army also seeking the goddess. This historical fantasy provides an intriguing look at India's various customs, languages, and religions. Highly recommended.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Tense Journey through Exotic Lands,
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This is the second book of the "Blood of the Goddess" series, following "Goa". "Goa" was a great introduction to the trilogy, in which a tradesman is seeking the powdered blood of an Indian goddess, which is said to have the power to bring the dead back to life. His plans become complicated, and he is put into danger when he crosses paths with Inquisition officials, who view such things as witchcraft, and punishable by death. In "Bijapur" the tradesman is forced by the Inquisitors to lead them to the source of this magical powder somewhere near Bijapur, India... Competing with them to arrive at this source are a group of "Mohammedans", and danger and betrayal lurk from every side during this cross-country journey where no one is sure who his enemies are. "Bijapur" is a fine middle section to the trilogy, though the least memorable of the three books, the last being "Bhagavati", in which those who survive reach their destination.
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A good Middle book,
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This review is from: Bijapur (Blood of the Goddess) (Mass Market Paperback)
Though The first book (for me)is always the best, this is a enjoyable middle-of-series book
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