What would you do to keep a roof over your family and save your legacy from ruin?

A drought forces Basan to leave her village for the city, where she finds work breaking stones at a quarry. She meets Ior, a wealthy but reviled liquor seller with a checkered past.

In the Khasi hills of northeastern India, Christianity arrived 150 years ago, yet ancient tales of demons mingle with parables from the New Testament, influencing the choices of those who straddle the old world and the new.

In a culture where daughters inherit land and lineage, Basan fights to secure her family’s future even as Ior contends with the long shadows of her former days.

A novel of faith, friendship, and the small joys that sweeten the journey.