From Library Journal
Attempting to flee Delhi in advance of the Mongol forces of Timur-i Lenkh (known to the West as Tamerlane), the vampire Sanat Ji Mani in other times the Count Saint-Germain becomes the conqueror's prisoner, doomed to discovery and death unless he can escape. India in the 14th century springs to life in Yarbro's latest installment of her popular series featuring a sophisticated and compassionate vampire as hero. A good choice for most fantasy collections. Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.


From Booklist
In the latest St. Germain romance, the vampire-hero, alias Sanat Ji Mani, lives in Delhi at the end of the fourteenth century. With him are his faithful servant Rojire and Avasa Dani, a young Indian woman abandoned by her husband; and enemies surround them. The relatives of the corrupt sultan are constantly demanding high taxes from him, and the brutal warlord Timur-i is approaching Delhi, intent on sacking the city. Rojire and Avasa Dani, the latter of whom Sanat Ji Mani has turned into a vampire, flee the city at his urgings. He plans to follow them shortly. But he isn't fast enough, and he is captured by Timur-i, who has heard of his talent as a healer. In captivity, Sanat Ji Mani meets Tulsi Kil, a bewitching slave girl, and the two escape together. The story takes a long time to get going, but hardened St. Germainians will be happy to see him back in action when the time comes. Kristine Huntley
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Book Description
A Feast in Exile draws readers back to the time when the Mongol hordes of Timur (known in the West as Tamerlane) swept across fourteenth-century India and Asia. Delhi's civilized veneer crumbles along with its walls. Foreigners, which the vampire Saint-Germain-here called Sanat Ji Mani-surely is, lose their positions, homes, wealth, and sometimes their lives, if they cannot escape the falling city.

Before he can flee Delhi, Sanat Ji Mani must ensure the safety of Avasa Dani, his beautiful ward, who has been abandoned by her husband. Sanat Ji Mani's love has awakened Avasa Dani's every sense; even she will become a vampire upon her death, but she finds no terror in this fate.

Avasa Dani and Rojire, Sanat Ji Mani's servant, successfully make their way out of Delhi, but Sanat Ji Mani himself is trapped. His life is bought by his skills with medicine, but, at Timur's command, he must travel-by day, and exposed to the sun-with the conqueror's army. Crippled and unable to escape, he knows that his vampire nature will soon be revealed, and then...

Avasa Dani, with a worried Rojire at her side, considers her options as a woman without a visible male protector in a land and time ruled by men. While one of Sanat Ji Mani's allies searches desperately for the missing vampire, Saint-Germain and a young acrobat, with whom he has escaped from Timur's forces, make their slow and painful way to freedom. The journey changes them both forever.



About the Author
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro's interests range from music--she composes and has studied seven different instruments as well as voice--to history, from horseback riding to needlepoint. Her writing is similarly wide-ranging; under her own name and pseudonyms, she has written everything from westerns to mysteries, from science fiction to nonfiction history.

Yarbro's critically-acclaimed historical horror novels featuring the Count Saint-Germain, including Hotel Transylvania, A Feast in Exile, Communion Blood, and Night Blooming, have a loyal readership. Chelsea Quinn Yarbro has always lived in California and currently makes her home in the Berkeley area.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

A Feast in Exile draws readers back to the time when the Mongol hordes of Timur (known in the West as Tamerlane) swept across fourteenth-century India and Asia. Delhi's civilized veneer crumbles along with its walls. Foreigners, which the vampire Saint-Germain-here called Sanat Ji Mani-surely is, lose their positions, homes, wealth, and sometimes their lives, if they cannot escape the falling city.

Before he can flee Delhi, Sanat Ji Mani must ensure the safety of Avasa Dani, his beautiful ward, who has been abandoned by her husband. Sanat Ji Mani's love has awakened Avasa Dani's every sense; even she will become a vampire upon her death, but she finds no terror in this fate.

Avasa Dani and Rojire, Sanat Ji Mani's servant, successfully make their way out of Delhi, but Sanat Ji Mani himself is trapped. His life is bought by his skills with medicine, but, at Timur's command, he must travel-by day, and exposed to the sun-with the conqueror's army. Crippled and unable to escape, he knows that his vampire nature will soon be revealed, and then...

Avasa Dani, with a worried Rojire at her side, considers her options as a woman without a visible male protector in a land and time ruled by men. While one of Sanat Ji Mani's allies searches desperately for the missing vampire, Saint-Germain and a young acrobat, with whom he has escaped from Timur's forces, make their slow and painful way to freedom. The journey changes them both forever.

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