The fabulously wealthy kingdom of Sambalpore is home to tigers, elephants, diamond mines, and the beautiful Palace of the Sun. However, when the marriage to the throne is assassinated in the presence of Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant 'Surrender-not' Banerjee, they discover a kingdom riven with suppressed conflict. Prince Adhir was a modernizer whose attitudes—and romantic relationship—may have upset the more religious elements of his country, while his brother, now in line to the throne, appears to be a feckless playboy. As Wyndham and Banerjee desperately try to unravel the mystery behind the assassination, they become entangled in a dangerous world where those in power live by their own rules, and those who cross their paths pay with their lives. They must find a murderer before the murderer finds them. "Even better than his first... I can't imagine anyone failing to enjoy it.".