King of the Khyber Rifles

Athelstan King is a secret agent for the British Raj at the beginning of World War I. Heavily influenced both by Mundy's own unsuccessful career in India and by his interest in theosophy, it describes King's adventures among the Muslim tribes of northern India accompanied by the mystical woman adventurer Yasmini and the Turkish mullah Muhammed Anim. This is an excellent read. Captures your imagination from the start. You can almost smell the teeming masses of India crowding against you in the train. Very entertaining. Its like a breath from a different world. A younger and fresher world.