Flood Of Fire Av Amitav Ghosh

<p><b>The thrilling climax to the <i>Ibis</i> trilogy that began with the phenomenal Booker-shortlisted <i>Sea of Poppies.</i><br></b><br>It is 1839 and tension has been rapidly mounting between China and British India following the crackdown on opium smuggling by Beijing. With no resolution in sight, the colonial government declares war. <br><br>One of the vessels requisitioned for the attack, the<i> Hind</i>, travels eastwards from Bengal to China, sailing into the midst of the First Opium War. The turbulent voyage brings together a diverse group of travellers, each with their own agenda to pursue. Among them is Kesri Singh, a sepoy in the East India Company who leads a company of Indian sepoys; Zachary Reid, an impoverished young sailor searching for his lost love, and Shireen Modi, a determined widow en route to China to reclaim her opium-trader husband''s wealth and reputation. <i>Flood of Fire</i> follows a varied cast of characters from India to China, through the outbreak of th