Smoke and Ashes Tim Wilson has gone to join a

has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside

To give up or to get up

full of nostalgia and drama in the author's own inimitable style

she uncovers a spiralling game of betrayal and revenge

Smoke and Ashes Tim Wilson has gone to join aWhen Amitav Ghosh began the research for his monumental cycle of novels the Ibis Trilogy, he was startled to find how the lives of the 19th century sailors and soldiers he wrote of were dictated not only by the currents of the Indian Ocean, but also by the precious commodity carried in enormous quantities on those currents: opium. Most surprising at all, however, was the discovery that his own identity and family history was swept up in the story.