Mistress of Destiny — Bettina Kingsley

To Kimberly Gerard, Chida Bhavan was a name on a series of notes leading her closer and closer to her late father's legacy, even as they warned her to stay away. Chida Bhavan was a muffled voice on the telephone, warning her to abandon her search and go back to America before it was too late. Chida Bhavan was the invisible figure who seemed to have infinite men and means to manipulate Kimberly's role in the drama of mounting terror.

Who was Chida Bhavan? Did she want to protect Kimberly, or destroy her?

Amid the teeming cities and primitive villages, the ancient ruins and ageless jungles, the dark, labyrinthine intrigues and fiery sunlight of India, Kimberly moved ever closer to the woman who was her salvation - or her death...