Winner of the Kekoo Naoroji Award for Mountain Literature 2019An engrossing story of passion and exploration that traces the end of empire and the stirring of a new world order. John Auden was a pioneering geologist of the Himalayas.
Deborah Baker is the author of Making a Farm, In Extremis, which was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize, A Blue Hand and The Convert, which was a finalist for the National Book Award. She lives in India and New York.
