About the Book: A God in Every Stone
From the Orange Prize shortlisted author of Burnt Shadows
Summer, 1914. Young Englishwoman Vivian Rose Spencer is in an ancient land,
about to discover the Temple of Zeus, the call of adventure, and love. Thousands
of milesb away a twenty-year-old Pathan, Qayyum Gul, is learning about
brotherhood and loyalty inthe British Indian army. Summer, 1915. Viv has been
separated from the man she loves;Qayyum has lost an eye at Ypres. They meet on a
train to Peshawar, unaware that a connection is about to be forged between their
lives -one that will reveal itself fifteen years later when