title: Sorceress of the Himalayas
author:  Ketaki Shriram 
description: Ketaki Shriram here joins the ranks of writers in the finest tradition of fantasy fiction, creating a story appealing on the personal level to anyone who has felt like an outcast, and enthralling in its sweeping creation of a world threatened by best intentions gone awry. -- Catherine Head --Head of Dept of English, a California High School<br /><br />I read SORCERESS OF THE HIMALAYAS, by Ketaki Shriram, and enjoyed it tremendously: both as fantasy adventure sure to appeal to younger readers, and as a truly astonishing achievement for a young author with a great career ahead of her. I was struck by the depth of the characterizations in the book: Tien Ming, the heroine, is a girl of a mixed-race background who must overcome prejudice, loss, danger, suffering, and her own inner demons to unlock the secret of the marvelous spellbook on which rests the fate of the alternate world the author has created. A richly imagined landscape -- both familiar and fantastic -- is peopled with intriguing characters -- both human and non-human -- who often reveal themselves as tempted, conflicted, heroic or corrupt. It is a tribute to the author's skill that these beings are never simply the one-dimensional figures that too often are found in fantasy novels. A plot filled with surprises will pull readers in from the start, and draw them along through the fast-paced narrative, to a conclusion that is bittersweet, yet deeply satisfying --Robert D. San Souci, author of BRAVE MARGARET: AN IRISH ADVENTURE and FA MULAN: THE STORY OF A WOMAN WARRIOR, the basis for the author's screen story for Disney's MULAN
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  DAHAN
  
  
  (THE BURNING)
  
  
  Suchitra Bhattacharya
  
  
  Translated by
  
  
  Mahua Mitra
  
  
  Edited by
  
  
  Debjani Sengupta
  
  
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  Dahan with Suchitra Bhattacharya
  
  
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  ISBN 81-87075-75-9
  
  
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