From the author of the Costa Award-winning Asha & the Spirit Bird comes a breathtaking, magical adventure ... 
 
Tamarind never knew her Indian mum, Chinty, who died soon after she was born. So when she arrives at her ancestral home, a huge mansion in the Himalayas surrounded by luxuriant gardens, she's full of questions for her extended family. But instead of answers, she finds an ominous silence - and a trickle of intriguing clues: an abandoned hut, a friendly monkey, a glowing star ring, and a strange girl in the garden who calls herself Ishta. Slowly, Tamarind unravels a mystery at the heart of who she is ...
 
Jasbinder Bilan is the author of the magical Naeli and the Secret Song, Xanthe & the Ruby Crown, Nush and the Stolen Emerald, Aarti and the Blue Gods... and the beautiful atlas India Incredible India. 
 
Age: 8-12
Paperback edition