Winter on the Plain of Ghosts is a historical fantasy set in Mohenjo-Daro in the Indus Valley. Two children discover that they had been raised to become sacrifices to a brutal goddess. They escape the day before their murder and make their way across a desolate plain. The girl becomes a dancer. The boy becomes an unwilling thief, a merchant, and a shaman. Through their travails they have help from tribal warriors, caravaneers, and tradespeople. When their new city is endangered by the corruption of the priestly class they have to take matters into their own hands. ( )

A favourite! Beautiful, vivid, fascinating. ( )