"With its incredible detail, historical accuracy, strong sense of place, Sufi mysticism, and fearless heroine who risks her life to do the right thing, this is a perfect ending to an excellent trilogy."
"Ali's years of meticulous research and obvious passion for her subject can only leave the reader wanting more."
"A wonderful tale of Eastern intrigue and Western sensibility. "
Mariana has been exiled to Kabul, where the much-celebrated British invasion of Afghanistan has begun to fail. Desperate to know her future, Mariana enters the roiling, labyrinthine city of Kabul in search of a mystic who can tell her the truth; but the mystic's help comes with its own price.
As the insurgency increases and the siege of the British cantonment tightens Mariana must make a terrible choice in order to save herself and her family from unimaginable horror.
Companions of Paradise is the unforgettable finale to Thalassa Ali's extraordinary tale of a young Englishwoman during the First Afghan War. It is available in the UK, and will be published in the US on March 27, 2007.
