The Fever Tree Author:Richard Mason Major Ronald Birkett was a pukka sahib on the prowl in India, a Britisher type with the worst Victorian virtues. — Who would have thought that this very proper gentleman was an undercover agent in disguise, a trusted hatchetman for a great world power... on his way to Nepal to kill a king? — A beautiful Indian woman and a ruthless master spy play ... more »out their harrowing fates against a setting of rajah's palaces and towering mountains, in this non-stop novel of love and espionage by the author of THE WORLD OF SUZIE WONG.« less