The Way Things Were

The Way Things WereThe Way Things Were opens with the death of Toby, the Maharaja of Kalasuryaketu, a Sanskritist who has not set foot in India for two decades. It falls to his son, Skanda, to return Toby's body to his birthplace, "a tin pot kingdom" not worth "one air gun salute." This journey takes him halfway around the world and returns him to his family, the drawing room elite of Delhi, whose narcissism and infighting he has worked hard to escape. It also forces

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The alliance between Cassandra and Athena is fragile

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