... THE CURSE OF KALI Historical Drama set in India By Audrey Blankenhagen ‘GOD I... ...GOD IS LOVE, IS THIS THE FINAL MESSAGE OF INDIA’ E.M. Forster, 1924 This book is a work of fiction. Places, events, and situations in... ...ictional. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, is coincidental. © 2002 by Audrey Blankenhagen. All rights reserved. No pa... ...e shown me how to pleasure a man. Don’t be coy, my husband, take me as you would one of them.’ Audrey Blankenhagen 2 She slid down his body to l... ...nd who had been fighting with Wellington’s army on the Peninsular. After his death, she had found work with the doctor’s family as housekeeper and n... ...umour that most of Sir William’s wealth had been accumulated during his Audrey Blankenhagen 14 work with the Thuggee & Dacoity Department 1 and t... ...eliberately adopting her softest, most feminine manner. Helen caught the eye of the amused Scots officer, John MacGregor, sitting opposite, who win... ... the defensive capabilities of the new Fort William have been greatly improved.’ Their guide, an officer from the fort, showed the travellers a plaq... ... the press of bodies was so great that it took the guards twenty minutes to open the doors.’ The officer concluded this gory story and Helen sensed ...

...THE CURSE OF KALI is a historical fiction set in 19th century India by Audrey Blankenhagen. The exotic beauty of India, her British rulers living in splendid isolation; the opulence and intrigue of a Muslim Royal Court; the machinations of a sinister cult of Kali; the horrors of the Indian Mutin...