Winner of the 2023 Mass Book Award in Fiction

A New York Times’ Best Historical Fiction 2022

‘A miraculous performance … Khan’s suspenseful, thought- provoking narrative is a challenge to simple assumptions about enemies and friends, loyalty and betrayal.’—New York Times

‘Brilliantly excavates a forgotten past of several societies and honors its human complexity with a narrative of delicate precision. As affecting as intellectually powerful, the novel is a master lesson in the art of historical fiction.’—Pankaj Mishra