An amazing journey to India in the best tradition of the adventure novel. This is the unusual adventure of a British man, born in India, during the time of the Second World War. With no experience, Masters is named Jay Town’s chief of police. Like a sleepwalker, in love with the dancer Lalita Kadori and owner of “Henry II”, a weapon connected with a crime, he watches in confusion as his destiny changes abruptly and his relationships seem suddenly only to work against him. He finds himself involved in a conspiracy that could see him end up in prison without his ever understanding why. Colonialists and members of the independence movement are the protagonists of this incredible novel full of intrigue and treachery.